Regularity for mixed-order nonlinear fractional equations with degenerate coefficients

Abstract

We consider a class of nonlinear integro-differential equations whose leading operator is obtained as a superposition of $(-\Delta_{p})^{s}$ and $(-\Delta_{p})^{t}$, where $0<s<t<1<p<\infty$, weighted via two possibly degenerate coefficients $a(\cdot,\cdot),b(\cdot,\cdot) \ge 0$. We prove local boundedness and H\"older regularity of its weak solutions under natural assumptions on the coefficients $a(\cdot,\cdot)$, $b(\cdot,\cdot)$ and the powers $s,t$, and $p$. Moreover, when $a(\cdot,\cdot) \equiv 1$, we also prove a Harnack inequality for weak solutions.