On the non-vanishing property for real analytic solutions of the $p$-Laplace equation

Abstract

By using a nonassociative algebra argument, we prove that $u\equiv0$ is the only cubic homogeneous polynomial solution to the $p$-Laplace equation $\mathrm{div} |Du|^{p-2}Du(x)=0 $ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ for any $n\ge2$ and $p\not\in\{0,2\}$.