In this paper we prove a regularity result for local minimizers of functionals of the Calculus of Variations of the type$${\int }_{\Omega }f(x,Du)\mathrm{d}x$$where Ω is a bounded open set in ${ℝ}^n$, u∈$W_{\mathrm{loc}}^{1,p}$(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.

Let $L:{ℝ}^N\times {ℝ}^N\to ℝ$ be a borelian function and consider the following problems$$inf\left\{F\left(y\right)={\int }_a^{b}L(y\left(t\right),y^{\text{'}}\left(t\right))\mathrm{d}t:y\in AC([a,b],{ℝ}^N),y\left(a\right)=A,y\left(b\right)=B\right\}\left(P\right)$$$$inf\left\{F^{...}\right\}$$

Let $L:{ℝ}^N\times {ℝ}^N\to ℝ$ be a Borelian function and consider the following problems $$inf\left\{F\left(y\right)={\int }_a^{b}L(y\left(t\right),y^{\text{'}}\left(t\right))\mathrm{d}t:y\in AC([a,b],{ℝ}^N),y\left(a\right)=A,y\left(b\right)=B\right\}\left(P\right)$$
 $$inf\left\{F^{**}\left(y\right)={\int }_a^b{L}^{**}(y\left(t\right),y^{\text{'}}\left(t\right))\mathrm{d}t:y\in AC([a,b],{ℝ}^N),y\left(a\right)=A,y\left(b\right)=B\right\}·\left(P^{**}\right)$$ We give a sufficient condition, weaker then superlinearity, under which $infF=inf{F}^{**}$ if L is just continuous in x. We then extend a result of Cellina on the Lipschitz regularity of the minima of (P) when L is not superlinear.


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