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The article provides an application of the generalized De Giorgi functional classes to the proof of the HÖlder continuity of weak solutions to quasilinear elliptic and parabolic equations with nonstandard growth conditions.
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Skrypnik, I.I., Voitovych, M.V. \( {\mathfrak{B}}_1 \) classes of De Giorgi, Ladyzhenskaya, and Ural’tseva and their application to elliptic and parabolic equations with nonstandard growth. J Math Sci 246, 75–109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-020-04724-1
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