Self-improving properties for the fractional $p$-Laplacian via nonlinear commutators

Abstract

We investigate a class of nonlocal equations whose leading operator is modeled on either the fractional $p$-Laplacian or the regional fractional $p$-Laplacian, $p \in (1,\infty)$. We prove local self-improving properties of weak solutions to the fractional $p$-Laplacian in the case $p\in(1,\infty)$ with non-integrable right-hand side, as well as to the regional fractional $p$-Laplacian in the subquadratic case $1 < p < 2$, by extending the nonlinear commutator estimates developed by Schikorra (Math. Ann. 366 (1-2):695--720, 2016).