Partial Regularity in Problems Motivated by Nonlinear Elasticity (Q3984153)

Let \(\emptyset\neq\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^ n\) be a smooth, bounded domain and \(u:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^ N\) be a minimizer (in \(\Lambda_ kW^{1,s}(\Omega))\) of a polyconvex functional \(I\) of the form \(I(v)- \int_ \Omega(F^ 1(Dv)+\sum_{2\leq j\leq k}F^ j(\Lambda_ jDv))\), then it is shown that \(u\) is in \(C^{1,r}\) (\(0\leq r<1)\) on an open subset \(\Omega_ 0\) of with \(|\Omega\backslash\Omega_ 0|=0\) provided that a.o. the following conditions are satisfied: \(F^ 1\) is strictly convex, \(s\geq 2\), if \(n=2\), \(s>n-1\), if \(n\geq 3\), and \(F^ j\) is \(O(| z|^{s-2})\) at \(\infty\). The proof is involved, it relies heavily on the fact that \(u\) is a minimizer, which allows in certain situations to pass from weak to strong convergence, and has a modification of a standard blowup argument and the construction of comparison arguments as key ingredients.