A one-dimensional variational problem with continuous Lagrangian and singular minimizer

DOI10.1007/S00205-011-0413-3zbMATH Open1266.70028arXiv1002.3070OpenAlexW2079427238MaRDI QIDQ715326FDOQ715326

Authors: Richard Gratwick, David Preiss 

Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a continuous Lagrangian, strictly convex and superlinear in the third variable, such that the associated variational problem has a Lipschitz minimizer which is non-differentiable on a dense set. More precisely, the upper and lower Dini derivatives of the minimizer differ by a constant on a dense (hence second category) set. In particular, we show that mere continuity is an insufficient smoothness assumption for Tonelli's partial regularity theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3070

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zbMATH Keywords

Lipschitz minimizerDini derivativesTonelli's partial regularity theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonsmooth analysis (49J52) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Variational methods for problems in mechanics (70G75)

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