Some remarks on the $L^p$ regularity of second derivatives of solutions to non-divergence elliptic equations and the Dini condition

Abstract

In this note we prove an end-point regularity result on the $L^p$ integrability of the second derivatives of solutions to non-divergence form uniformly elliptic equations whose second derivatives are a priori only known to be integrable. The main assumption on the elliptic operator is the Dini continuity of the coefficients. We provide a counterexample showing that the Dini condition is somehow optimal. We also give a counterexample related to the BMO regularity of second derivatives of solutions to elliptic equations. These results are analogous to corresponding results for divergence form elliptic equations in [3, 15].