Poincaré inequality and quantitative De Giorgi method for hypoelliptic operators
[Inégalité de Poincaré et méthode quantitative de De Giorgi pour les opérateurs hypoelliptiques]
Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques, Tome 13 (2026), pp. 1393-1417

We propose a systematic approach based on trajectories to prove a Poincaré inequality for weak non-negative sub-solutions to hypoelliptic equations with an arbitrary number of Hörmander commutators, both in the local and in the non-local case. As a consequence, we deduce the weak Harnack inequality and Hölder regularity along the line of the De Giorgi method.

Nous proposons une approche systématique fondée sur les trajectoires pour démontrer une inégalité de Poincaré pour les sous-solutions faibles positives d’équations hypoelliptiques comportant un nombre arbitraire de commutateurs de Hörmander, tant dans le cas local que dans le cas non local. Nous en déduisons l’inégalité faible de Harnack et la régularité de Hölder, dans la lignée de la méthode de De Giorgi.

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DOI : 10.5802/jep.350
Classification : 35K70, 35H10, 35B65, 35B45, 35A23
Keywords: Poincaré inequality, kinetic partial differential equations, hypoellipticity, a priori estimates
Mots-clés : Inégalité de Poincaré, équations cinétiques aux dérivées partielles, hypoellipticité, estimées a priori

Francesca Anceschi  1   ; Helge Dietert  2   ; Jessica Guerand  3   ; Amélie Loher  4   ; Clément Mouhot  4   ; Annalaura Rebucci  5

1 Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Via Brecce Bianche 12 60131 Ancona, Italy
2 Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IMJ-PRG, F-75006 Paris, France
3 Université de Montpellier, 499-554 Rue du Truel, 34090 Montpellier, France
4 University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
5 Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstraße 22, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Francesca Anceschi; Helge Dietert; Jessica Guerand; Amélie Loher; Clément Mouhot; Annalaura Rebucci. Poincaré inequality and quantitative De Giorgi method for hypoelliptic operators. Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques, Tome 13 (2026), pp. 1393-1417. doi: 10.5802/jep.350
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