The double phase Dirichlet problem when the lowest exponent is equal to 1

Abstract: In this paper we prove an existence and uniqueness result for the double phase Dirichlet problem when the lowest exponent is equal to 1. Our solution is a function of bounded variation that simultaneously lies in a suitable weighted Sobolev space and is found as the limit of a sequence of solutions of intermediate double phase Dirichlet problems whose lowest exponent $p$ goes to 1. As a result of that, our approach involves the study of some relevant properties of generalized Orlicz-Sobolev spaces.