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Gradient H\"older regularity for singular fractional $p$-Laplace equations

Aug 2026 · 0 citations
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Abstract

Let $n\ge2$, $1p-1$. We prove that every globally bounded fractional $p$-harmonic function is locally $C^{1,\alpha}$ for some $\alpha=\alpha(n,p,s)>0$. This settles the open problem of interior gradient H\"older regularity in the singular range throughout the natural first-order regime $sp>p-1$. The proof combines an affine-invariant improvement-of-flatness argument with a Liouville theorem for globally Lipschitz entire solutions. In the large-slope regime, the shifted Bregman energies converge to an anisotropic stable form of order $sp-p+2>1$. In the bounded-slope regime, the Liouville theorem follows from rigidity of extremal secants, a recurrent blow-down argument, and a directional Morrey-Kato estimate for the singular linearized kernel. An affine Campanato argument controls the variation of the best affine approximations across scales. These estimates yield a scale-invariant decay of the affine excess and hence the local $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimate.

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