On partial Hölder continuity and a Caccioppoli inequality for minimizers of asymptotically convex functionals between Riemannian manifolds (Q325927)

The authors consider a vectorial functional of the form \[ w \longrightarrow \int_{\mathcal{M}} G(z,w(z),dw(z))d\mu_{g}(z), \] where \(w:\mathcal{M} \rightarrow \mathcal{N}\), \(\mathcal{M}\) and \(\mathcal{N}\) are orientable Riemannian manifolds and \(G\) is only asymptotically convex. They prove three regularity results related to one another. The first result establishes partial Morrey regularity estimates and Hölder continuity for minimizers. In the second result, by utilizing the previous one, they prove a partial Caccioppoli-type inequality. Finally, the last regularity result allows to deduce the higher integrability of the gradient. The results can be applied to a large class of integrands since the considered functionals are only asymptotically convex.