Regularity results for minimizers of irregular integrals with \((p,q)\) growth (Q2769477)

The authors study conditions that have to be imposed on the growth of function \(f\) to guarantee local Lipschitz-continuity of the solution to the minimization problem NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \mathcal{F} = \int_\Omega f(Du) dx .NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Here \(\Omega\) is a bounded open subset of \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n\geq 2\). The admissible functions \(u\) are defined in \(\Omega\) and take the values in \(\mathbb{R}^N\). The integrand function \(f: \mathbb{R}^{Nn}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is nonnegative and convex. Three cases are considered: \(N=1\) (scalar admissible functions \(u\)), \(f(z)=g(|z|)\) (spherical symmetry), and the general case. In each situation the growth and strong convexity conditions of the function \(f\) are imposed, so that the minimizing function \(u\) is locally Lipschitz-continuous. The growth conditions on all cases are formulated as double inequality NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \left(\mu^2+|z|^2\right)^{p/2}\leq f(z) \leq L\left(\mu^2+|z|^2\right)^{p/2} + L \left(\mu^2+|z|^2\right)^{q/2} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(L\geq 1\), \(\mu\in[0,1]\), \(p\) and \(q\) are constants such that \(1<p\leq q\), \(q/p<1+1/n\). The strong convexity requirement is formulated differently in each case. For example, in the general case the inequality NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \theta f(z_1) +(1-\theta)f(z_2)-f(\theta z_1+(1-\theta)z_2) \geq 1/2\nu \theta(1-\theta)(\mu^2+|z_1|^2+|z_2|^2)^{p/2-1}\left|z_1-z_2\right|^2 NEWLINE\]NEWLINE should hold for some constant \(\nu\in(0,1]\) and arbitrary \(z_1\), \(z_2\) and \(\theta\in(0,1)\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe operator \(D\) is not specified in the paper. Apparently it is a first order differential operator. The conditions obtained in the paper do not require \(Du\) to be defined at every point of \(\Omega\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENo example of application of the obtained results is provided.