Optimal elliptic regularity: a comparison between local and nonlocal equations

Abstract

Given $L\geq 1$, we discuss the problem of determining the highest $α=α(L)$ such that any solution to a homogeneous elliptic equation in divergence form with ellipticity ratio bounded by $L$ is in $C^α_{\rm loc}$. This problem can be formulated both in the classical and non-local framework. In the classical case it is known that $α(L)\gtrsim {\rm exp}(-CL^β)$, for some $C, β\geq 1$ depending on the dimension $N\geq 3$. We show that in the non-local case, $α(L)\gtrsim L^{-1-δ}$ for all $δ>0$.

12 pages, comments welcome