We establish some regularity results for local solutions of equations associated to a class of monotone operators (also multivalued), reducing our problems to linear equations.

multivalued functions, div-curl vector fields.

Received: May 2, 2022; Accepted: June 7, 2022; Published: June 17, 2022

How to cite this article: N. A. D’Auria, Reduction of monotone operators to linear equations, Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics 113 (2022), 67-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0972096022011

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