We consider the partial H\"{o}lder continuity of minimizers of functionals of the form vΩf(x,v,Dv) dx,v\mapsto\int_{\Omega}f(x,v,Dv)\ dx, where ΩRn\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n is open and bounded. In our setting the integrand f Ω×RN×RN×nRf\: \ \Omega\times\mathbb{R}^N\times \mathbb{R}^{N\times n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} is not necessarily continuous in any of its three arguments. In particular, due to the use of a suitable asymptotic relatedness condition, ff possesses continuity and convexity only as the norm of its third argument tends to infinity. Since, in particular, vv is possibly vector-valued, this provides a generalization of certain existing regularity results in the literature and helps to further build a low-order regularity theory.

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Mikil Foss

Dept. of Mathematics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, U.S.A.

mfoss2@math.unl.edu

Christopher S. Goodrich

Dept. of Mathematics, Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, NE 68114, U.S.A.
and: Dept. of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, U.S.A.

cgood@prep.creighton.edu

M. Foss, C. S. Goodrich. “Partial Hölder Continuity of Minimizers of Functionals Satisfying a General Asymptotic Relatedness Condition.” Journal of Convex Analysis 22 (2015), No. 1, 219–246.