No label defined (Q4237769)

The regularity of local minimizers of the integral functional \(J(u)= \int_\Omega F(x, Du) dx\) is studied, where \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\), \(F:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}\), \[ -b_1+ b_2|z|^{p(x)}\leq F(x,z)\leq b_1+ b_3|z|^{p(x)}, \] \(p(x)\) is a continuous function and \(1< p^-\leq p(x)\leq p^+\), and \(b_1\), \(b_2\), \(b_3\) are positive constants. It is proved that when \(u\in W^{1,p^-}_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)\) is a local minimizer of \(J\), then the following hold: (i) \(|Du|^{p(x)}_{\text{loc}}\in L_{\text{loc}}^{1+ \varepsilon}(\Omega)\) provided \(p(x)\) satisfies the condition \(\limsup_{\delta\to 0^+}\delta^{-\sigma(\delta)}< +\infty\), where \(\sigma(\delta)= \sup\{|p(x)- p(y)|: x,y\in\Omega,|x-y|\leq\delta\}\); (ii) \(u\in L^\infty_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)\); (iii) \(u\in W^{1,\infty}_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)\) under some addition assumptions.