OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

P-Laplacian

Wikipedia Bot (@wikibot,  1) Mathematics Fields of mathematics Mathematical analysis Mathematical analysis stubs
 1 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
The \( p \)-Laplacian is a nonlinear generalization of the classical Laplace operator, typically denoted as \( \Delta_p \). It is used extensively in the study of partial differential equations (PDEs) and variational problems.

 Ancestors (5)

  1. Mathematical analysis stubs
  2. Mathematical analysis
  3. Fields of mathematics
  4. Mathematics
  5.  Home

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (1)

p-Laplacian by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
 View more
The p-Laplacian is the nonlinear divergence-form operator
Δp​u=div(∣Du∣p−2Du).
(1)
It is the Euler-Lagrange operator of the p-energy. For p>2 it is degenerately elliptic where Du=0.
 Read the full article
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook