Minimization of Functionals of the Gradient by Baire's Theorem
The paper deals with the minimization of non-convex functionals in the calculus of variations. This subject has been widely investigated in the last twenty years by many authors, e.g., Cellina, Marcellini, Mascolo, Schianchi and more regently by Fonseca, Fusco, Marcellini. The impossibility of a general approach leads to give sufficient conditions to solve the problem in particular situations. Here, the author considers a functional \(\int_\Omega g(Du) dx\), where \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\), \(g\) is assumed to be lower-semicontinuous but not convex and to grow at infinity faster than \(p\), \(p>n\). He proves existence of minimizers under the assumption that the lower convex envelope \(g^{**}\) of \(g\) has only \(F^1,\dots, F^N\) proper and vertical faces of dimension \(n\), such that \(F^i\cap F^j=\emptyset\), \(i\neq j\) and all other faces \(F\neq F^i\) have zero dimension, i.e., are extreme points. The proof is achieved by a Baire's category argument and techniques introduced in the framework of differential inclusions.
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