Existence and regularity for scalar minimizers of affine nonconvex simple integrals. (Q1868016)

The author studies the existence of minimizers for functionals of the form \(\int_a^b \{ \rho(x)h(x') + \varphi(x)\}dt\), where \(\rho~:~{\mathbf R}\mapsto [1,\infty)\), \(h~:~{\mathbf R}\mapsto [1,\infty]\), \(\varphi~:~{\mathbf R}\mapsto {\mathbf R} \). It is supposed that \(\varphi\) is lower semicontinuous and bounded from below, and that \(h\) is not necessarily convex, but it satisfies the condition \(h^{**}(0)=h(0)\). It is proved that the above functional admits absolutely continuous minimizers satisfying prescribed values at \(a\) and \(b\). Under some additional conditions the author proves that the minimizers are Lipschitz continuous.