Liouville theorem in the missing exponent region

Establish a Liouville theorem for the $(p,q)$-Laplacian inequality $\Delta_pu+\Delta_qu+u^s|\nabla u|^t\leq 0$ for all exponent pairs $(s,t)\in\mathbb{R}^2$, including the region $\{(s,t):q-1\leq s+t\leq p-1\}$ that is not covered by the stated results.

Background

The paper proves Liouville-type nonexistence results for positive weak solutions of the inequality Δpu+Δqu+us∣∇u∣t≤0\Delta_pu+\Delta_qu+u^s|\nabla u|^t\leq 0 under several parameter-region and volume-growth assumptions. In Euclidean space, Corollary 1.6 gives nonexistence conditions covering the regions G1G_1 through G4G_4.

The authors explain that their proof depends heavily on Lemma 2.1 and therefore does not cover every exponent pair. They identify {(s,t):q−1≤s+t≤p−1}\{(s,t):q-1\leq s+t\leq p-1\} as an explicit example of a missing region, making extension of the Liouville theorem to this region an unresolved problem.

References

However, since the proof relies heavily on Lemma 2.1, we cannot obtain the Liouville theorem for all $(s,t)\in \mathbb{R}2$, such as $(s,t)\in { q-1\leq s+t\leq p-1}$.

— Nonexistence of solutions to $Δ_pu+Δ_qu+u^s|\nabla u|^t\leq 0$ on geodesically complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds  (2609.19790 - Zhao, 17 Sep 2026) in Remark 1(1), Section 1, immediately following Corollary 1.6