Regularity for general functionals with double phase

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Abstract: We prove sharp regularity results for a general class of functionals of the type w mapsto int F(x, w, Dw) , dx;, featuring non-standard growth conditions and non-uniform ellipticity properties. The model case is given by the double phase integral w mapsto int b(x,w)(|Dw|^p+a(x)|Dw|^q) , dx;,quad 1 <p < q,, quad a(x)geq 0;, with 0<uleqb(cdot)leqL. This changes its ellipticity rate according to the geometry of the level set a(x)=0 of the modulating coefficient a(cdot). We also present new methods and proofs, that are suitable to build regularity theorems for larger classes of non-autonomous functionals. Finally, we disclose some new interpolation type effects that, as we conjecture, should draw a general phenomenon in the setting of non-uniformly elliptic problems. Such effects naturally connect with the Lavrentiev phenomenon.


The authors give sharp and comprehensive regularity theorems for minimizers of the class of integral functionals \[ W^{1,1}(\Omega)\ni w\to {\mathcal F}(w,\Omega):=\displaystyle\int_{\Omega}F(x,w,Dw)\,dx, \] where \(F:\Omega\times \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}\) is a Carathéodory integrand which satisfies the double-sided bound \[ \nu H(x,z)\leq F(x,v,z)\leq L H(x,z), \] for constants \(0<\nu\leq L\). New methods and proofs which are suitable for building regularity theorems for larger classes of non-autonomous functionals are also presented. Some new interpolation type effects naturally connecting with the Lavrentiev phenomenon are finally addressed.



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