On the singular set for Lipschitzian critical points of polyconvex functionals (Q2644021)

Partial regularity is proved for Lipschitzian critical points of polyconvex functionals provided \(\| Du\|_{L^\infty}\) is small enough. In particular, the singular set for a Lipschitzian critical point has Hausdorff dimension strictly less than \(n\) when \(\| Du\|_{L^\infty}\) is small enough. Model problems treated include \[ \int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2+|\text{det\,}\nabla u|^2, \] where \(u:\Omega(\subset \mathbb R^2)\to \mathbb R^2\), and \[ \int_\Omega|\nabla u|^2+|\nabla u|^s+|\text{Ad}\nabla u|^s+|\text{det\,}\nabla u|^s, \] where \(u:\Omega(\subset \mathbb R^2)\to \mathbb R^2\) with \(s\geq 2\). Moreover, it is shown that the singular set of a Lipschitzian global minimizer has Hausdorff dimension strictly less than \(n\).