This paper presents unified counterexamples for which standard elliptic regularity results break down for linear elliptic equations with highly singular coefficients in dimensions d≥3. First, we establish well-posedness for the case where the drift vector field has merely L2-integrability but can be expressed as the gradient of a bounded potential function. Subsequently, we investigate the critical endpoint cases of known regularity results where coefficients or data satisfy borderline integrability conditions. By using a single, explicit function, ρ(x)=ln(2+1∥x∥), we present counterexamples to the regularity of solutions for divergence form equations and stationary Fokker–Planck equations.
Haesung Lee (2026) studied this question.