Existence and Uniqueness for Double-Phase Poisson Equations with Variable Growth

Abstract: We study a class of nonlinear elliptic problems driven by a double-phase operator with variable exponents, arising in the modeling of heterogeneous materials undergoing phase transitions. The associated Poisson problem features a combination of two distinct growth conditions, modulated by a measurable weight function ( \mu ), leading to spatially varying ellipticity. Working within the framework of modular function spaces, we establish the uniform convexity of the modular associated with the gradient term. This structural property enables a purely variational treatment of the problem. As a consequence, we prove existence and uniqueness of weak solutions under natural and minimal assumptions on the variable exponents and the weight.