On derivation of Euler-Lagrange equations for incompressible energy-minimizers (Q1047939)

The main result of the paper proves that a weak solution \(q\) of the problem \( \nabla q=\text{div}f\) posed in \(\mathcal{D}^{\prime }(U,\mathbb{R}^{n})\) belongs to a Hardy space \(h^{r}(V)\) for any \(V\subset \subset U\). Here \(U\) is a bounded, open, connected and Lipschitz domain of \(\mathbb{R}^{n}\), \( n\geq 2\) and \(f\) is a second-order tensor whose components belong to \( h^{r}(U)\). Moreover \(q\) can be locally represented as the sum of singular integrals which involve Calderon-Zygmund kernels and the components of \(f\). The main tools of this result are the use of mollifiers, \(h^{r}\)-estimates on different singular integrals and the properties of Calderon-Zygmund kernels. The last parts of the paper present applications of this general result to special cases. The authors first consider an incompressible Mooney-Rivlin bulk energy. They here prove the existence of a hydrostatic pressure \(q\) as solution of the problem \(\nabla q=\text{div}\widetilde{ \sigma }\) where \(\widetilde{\sigma }\) is the Cauchy-Green strain tensor associated to the displacement field \(\mathbf{u}\) which is a continuous and injective local minimizer of the bulk energy. They derive the Euler-Lagrange equations for the solution \((\mathbf{u},p)\) with \(p=q\circ \mathbf{u}\). The last result concerns a partial regularity of area-preserving minimizers.