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On the Regularity of Nonlinear Subelliptic Equations

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We prove C regularity results for Lipschitz solutions of nondegenerate quasilinear subelliptic equations of p-Laplacian type for a class of Hörmander vector fields that include certain nonnilpotent structures.

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Domokos, A., Manfredi, J.J. (2010). On the Regularity of Nonlinear Subelliptic Equations. In: Laptev, A. (eds) Around the Research of Vladimir Maz'ya II. International Mathematical Series, vol 12. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1343-2_6

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