Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2024/iii/paper-107/4/a/ii/solution

Put , so . Choose a cutoff which equals one on , is supported in a comparable ball inside , and satisfies . Repeating the calculation from part (i) with and using gives the Caccioppoli inequality
The same construction works for balls meeting because the cutoff is supported in . Hence

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