Solution

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For any , set and . These coefficients retain the same bounds and ellipticity, and a change of variables in the weak formulation shows that is a nonnegative weak subsolution on . Part (a) gives the scale-correct estimate
The constant is independent of . Fix a Euclidean ball and let with . The right side tends to zero, so almost everywhere on . Since is arbitrary, the Liouville theorem for integrable nonnegative elliptic subsolutions proves
This is as a Sobolev space element. Any continuous representative is identically zero pointwise; an arbitrary measurable representative can be modified at isolated points without changing the weak equation. Integrability and the explicit scaling force the conclusion.

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