Poincaré inequalities and Neumann problems for the variable exponent setting

Abstract

In an earlier paper, Cruz-Uribe, Rodney and Rosta proved an equivalence between weighted Poincaré inequalities and the existence of weak solutions to a family of Neumann problems related to a degenerate $ p $-Laplacian. Here we prove a similar equivalence between Poincaré inequalities in variable exponent spaces and solutions to a degenerate $ {p(\cdot)} $-Laplacian, a non-linear elliptic equation with nonstandard growth conditions.