The interplay between two Euler-Lagrange operators relating to the nonlinear elliptic system \(\Sigma [(u, {\mathscr{P}}), \varOmega]\) (Q2216827)

This paper is concerned with the existence of multiple whirling solutions to a class of nonlinear elliptic systems in variational form subject to pointwise gradient constraint and pure Dirichlet type boundary conditions. This is mainly achieved by following the following steps: (i) a construction of a reduced system for certain matrix fields; (ii) a description of the solutions to this system via Lie exponentials; (iii) establishing a structure theorem for multi-dimensional curl free vector fields; (iv) an explicit relation between some related Euler-Lagrange operators.