Full \(C^{1,\alpha}\)-regularity for minimizers of integral functionals with \(L\log L\)-growth (Q1969398)

The authors consider local minimizers \(u\in W^1_{\text{loc}}(\Omega, \mathbb{R}^N)\) of the variational integral \[ J(u)= \int_\Omega f(Du) dx \] with \(f(Du)=|Du|\ln(1+|Du|)\) in case \(N>1\), whereas for \(N= 1\) \(f\) has to be \(C^2\)-close to \(|Du|\ln(1+|Du|)\), and prove full \(C^{1,\alpha}\)-regularity by the way extending earlier results obtained in [\textit{L. Esposito} and \textit{G. Mingione} [NoDEA, Nonlinear. Differ. Equ. Appl. 7, No. 4, 157-175 (2000)] and [\textit{M. Fuchs} and \textit{G. Seregin}, Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 6, No. 2, 171-187 (1998; Zbl 0929.49022)]. The method of proof is based on a suitable regularization of the integrand \(f\) together with uniform local a priori gradient bounds for the corresponding minimizers which are obtained with a modification of Moser's iteration technique. Further extensions are presented in [\textit{M. Fuchs} and \textit{G. Mingione}, Manuscr. Math. 102, No. 2, 227-250 (2000)].