Second-order L^ variational problems and the -polylaplacian

DOI10.1515/ACV-2016-0052zbMATH Open1437.49006arXiv1605.07880OpenAlexW2789940139MaRDI QIDQ2174609FDOQ2174609

Nikos Katzourakis, Tristan Pryer

Publication date: 21 April 2020

Published in: Advances in the Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we initiate the study of $2$nd order variational problems in $L^{i}nfty$, seeking to minimise the $L^{i}nfty$ norm of a function of the hessian. We also derive and study the respective PDE arising as the analogue of the Euler-Lagrange equation. Given $mathrmHin{C}^1(mathbb{R}_s^{nimesn})$, for the functional [ label{1} mathrm{E}_infty(u,mathcal{O}), =, �ig| mathrm{H}�ig(mathrm{D}^2 u�ig) �ig|_{L^infty(mathcal{O})}, uin W^{2,infty}(Omega), mathcal{O}subseteq Omega, ag{1} ] the associated equation is the fully nonlinear 3rd order PDE [ label{2} mathrm{A}^2_infty u, :=,�ig(mathrm{H}_X�ig(mathrm{D}^2u�ig)�ig)^{otimes 3}:�ig(mathrm{D}^3u�ig)^{otimes 2}, =,0. ag{2} ] Special cases arise when $mathrmH$ is the Euclidean length of either the full hessian or of the Laplacian, leading to the $infty$-Polylaplacian and the $infty$-Bilaplacian respectively. We establish several results for eqref{1} and eqref{2}, including existence of minimisers, of absolute minimisers and of "critical point" generalised solutions, proving also variational characterisations and uniqueness. We also construct explicit generalised solutions and perform numerical experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.07880

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zbMATH Keywords

fully nonlinear equationsconvex integrationYoung measuresBaire category methodcalculus of variations in \(L^\infty\)generalised solutions\(\infty\)-bilaplacian\(\infty\)-polylaplacian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems for higher-order elliptic equations (35J40) Quasilinear elliptic equations with (p)-Laplacian (35J92) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, boundary value problems (65N99)

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