A regularity result for a convex functional and bounds for the singular set

Bruno De Maria

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2010)

  • Volume: 16, Issue: 4, page 1002-1017
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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In this paper we prove a regularity result for local minimizers of functionals of the Calculus of Variations of the type ∫ Ω f ( x , D u ) d x where Ω is a bounded open set in ℝ n , u∈ W loc 1 , p (Ω; ℝ N ), p> 1, n≥ 2 and N≥ 1. We use the technique of difference quotient without the usual assumption on the growth of the second derivatives of the function f. We apply this result to give a bound on the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set of minimizers.

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De Maria, Bruno. "A regularity result for a convex functional and bounds for the singular set." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 16.4 (2010): 1002-1017. <http://eudml.org/doc/250746>.

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abstract = { In this paper we prove a regularity result for local minimizers of functionals of the Calculus of Variations of the type$$ \int\_\{\Omega\}f(x, Du)\ \{\rm d\}x $$where Ω is a bounded open set in $\mathbb\{R\}^\{n\}$, u∈$W^\{1,p\}_\{\rm loc\}$(Ω; $\mathbb\{R\}^\{N\}$), p> 1, n≥ 2 and N≥ 1. We use the technique of difference quotient without the usual assumption on the growth of the second derivatives of the function f. We apply this result to give a bound on the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set of minimizers. },
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journal = {ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations},
keywords = {Partial regularity; singular sets; fractional differentiability; variational integrals; partial regularity},
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