Local boundedness of weak solutions to elliptic equations under unbalanced Orlicz growth conditions

Abstract

We establish sufficient conditions for the local boundedness of weak solutions to a broad class of nonlinear elliptic equations in divergence form, under unbalanced growth conditions on the stress field. Our analysis is carried out in a non-variational setting, with no symmetry or structural assumptions on the operator. The ellipticity and growth are prescribed via distinct Young functions, leading to a Orlicz-type setting that captures a wide class of nonstandard behaviors. As a special case, the theory encompasses and extends the known results on equations with $p,q$-growth.