LIPSCHITZ REGULARITY FOR INNER-VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS

作者:Iwaniec Tadeusz*; Kovalev Leonid V; Onninen Jani
来源:Duke Mathematical Journal, 2013, 162(4): 643-672.
DOI:10.1215/00127094-2079791

摘要

We obtain Lipschitz regularity results for a fairly general class of nonlinear first-order partial differential equations. These equations arise from the inner variation of certain energy integrals. Even in the simplest model case of the Dirichlet energy the inner-stationary solutions need not be differentiable everywhere; the Lipschitz continuity is the best possible. But the proofs, even in the Dirichlet case, turn out to rely on topological arguments. The appeal to the inner-stationary solutions in this context is motivated by the classical problems of existence and regularity of the energy-minimal deformations in the theory of harmonic mappings and certain mathematical models of nonlinear elasticity, specifically, neo-Hookean-type problems.

  • 出版日期2013-3-15