Dirichlet problem for Poisson equations in Jordan domains

Abstract

First, we study the Dirichlet problem for the Poisson equations \(\triangle u(z) = g(z)\) with \(g\in L^p\), \(p>1\), and continuous boundary data \(\varphi :\partial D\to\mathbb{R}\) in arbitrary Jordan domains \(D\) in \(\mathbb{C}\) and prove the existence of continuous solutions \(u\) of the problem in the class \(W^{2,p}_{\rm loc}\). Moreover, \(u\in W^{1,q}_{\rm loc}\) for some \(q>2\) and \(u\) is locally Hölder continuous. Furthermore, \(u\in C^{1,\alpha}_{\rm loc}\) with \(\alpha = (p-2)/p\) if \(p>2\). Then, on this basis and applying the Leray-Schauder approach, we obtain the similar results for the Dirichlet problem with continuous data in arbitrary Jordan domains to the quasilinear Poisson equations of the form \(\triangle u(z) = h(z)\cdot f(u(z))\) with the same assumptions on \(h\) as for \(g\) above and continuous functions \(f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\), either bounded or with nondecreasing \(|f\,|\) of \( |t\,|\) such that \(f(t)/t \to 0\) as \(t\to\infty\). We also give here applications to mathematical physics that are relevant to problems of diffusion with absorbtion, plasma and combustion. In addition, we consider the Dirichlet problem for the Poisson equations in the unit disk \(\mathbb{D}\subset\mathbb{C}\) with arbitrary boundary data \(\varphi :\partial\mathbb{D}\to\mathbb{R}\) that are measurable with respect to logarithmic capacity. Here we establish the existence of continuous nonclassical solutions \(u\) of the problem in terms of the angular limits in \(\mathbb D\) a.e. on \(\partial\mathbb D\) with respect to logarithmic capacity with the same local properties as above. Finally, we extend these results to almost smooth Jordan domains with qusihyperbolic boundary condition by Gehring-Martio.