\(W^{2,2}\) regularity for weak solutions of elliptic systems with nonstandard growth (Q1260859)

For a bounded open set \(\Omega\) of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) and a vector valued function \(u: \Omega\to \mathbb{R}^ N\), with \(n\geq 2\) and \(N\geq 1\), the authors consider the integral functional \(I(u)= \int_ \Omega F(Du(x)) dx\), when \(F\) satisfies the growth condition \(a|\xi|^ p- b\leq F(\xi)\leq c|\xi |^ q+d\), in the case of a ``nonstandard growth condition'' \(1<p<q\). They give theorems on the regularity of the weak solutions of the Euler equation associated to \(I(u)\) if one has ellipticity and the partial derivatives of \(F\) are of class \(C^ 1\).