Regularity for minima of functionals with p-growth (Q1121436)

We prove that the first derivatives of scalar minima of functionals of the type \[ I(u)=\int f(x,u,\nabla u)dx, \] are Hölder continuous. Here \(f(x,u,\nabla u)\approx | \nabla u|^ p,\) \(1<p<\infty\) and f is assumed Hölder continuous in x and u. We give two applications. One to the regularity theory of quasiregular mappings and the other to quasilinear degenerate elliptic equations with p-growth.