Partial regularity for BV minimizers (Q1738291)

The authors investigate the local regularity properties of minimizers for variational integrals defined on Dirichlet classes of maps of bounded variation. Specifically, they prove an $\varepsilon$-regularity result for the derivative of a map of bounded variation that minimizes a strongly quasiconvex variational integral of linear growth (therefore, the partial regularity of such BV minimizers). This result extends the regularity theory for minimizers of quasiconvex integrals on Sobolev spaces to the context of maps of bounded variation. Previous partial regularity results for BV minimizers in the linear growth set-up were confined to the convex case.