Existence, uniqueness and characterisation of local minimisers in higher order Calculus of Variations in $\mathrm L^{\infty}$

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Autori principali: Katzourakis, Nikos, Moser, Roger
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author Katzourakis, Nikos
Moser, Roger
author_facet Katzourakis, Nikos
Moser, Roger
contents We study variational problems for second order supremal functionals $\mathrm F_\infty(u)= \|F(\cdot,u,\mathrm D u,\mathrm{A}\!:\!\mathrm D^2u)\|_{\mathrm L^{\infty}(Ω)}$, where $F$ satisfies certain natural assumptions, $\mathrm A$ is a positive matrix, and $Ω\Subset \mathbb R^n$. Higher order problems are very novel in the Calculus of Variations in $\mathrm L^{\infty}$, and exhibit a strikingly different behaviour compared to first order problems, for which there exists an established theory, pioneered by Aronsson in 1960s. The aim of this paper is to develop a complete theory for $\mathrm F_\infty$. We prove that, under appropriate conditions, ``localised" minimisers can be characterised as solutions to a nonlinear system of PDEs, which is different from the corresponding Aronsson equation for $\mathrm F_\infty$; the latter is only a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for minimality. We also establish the existence and uniqueness of localised minimisers subject to Dirichlet conditions on $\partial Ω$, and also their partial regularity outside a singular set of codimension one, which may be non-empty even if $n=1$.
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spellingShingle Existence, uniqueness and characterisation of local minimisers in higher order Calculus of Variations in $\mathrm L^{\infty}$
Katzourakis, Nikos
Moser, Roger
Analysis of PDEs
49K20, 35A15, 35B38, 35D99, 35J94, 49J27
We study variational problems for second order supremal functionals $\mathrm F_\infty(u)= \|F(\cdot,u,\mathrm D u,\mathrm{A}\!:\!\mathrm D^2u)\|_{\mathrm L^{\infty}(Ω)}$, where $F$ satisfies certain natural assumptions, $\mathrm A$ is a positive matrix, and $Ω\Subset \mathbb R^n$. Higher order problems are very novel in the Calculus of Variations in $\mathrm L^{\infty}$, and exhibit a strikingly different behaviour compared to first order problems, for which there exists an established theory, pioneered by Aronsson in 1960s. The aim of this paper is to develop a complete theory for $\mathrm F_\infty$. We prove that, under appropriate conditions, ``localised" minimisers can be characterised as solutions to a nonlinear system of PDEs, which is different from the corresponding Aronsson equation for $\mathrm F_\infty$; the latter is only a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for minimality. We also establish the existence and uniqueness of localised minimisers subject to Dirichlet conditions on $\partial Ω$, and also their partial regularity outside a singular set of codimension one, which may be non-empty even if $n=1$.
title Existence, uniqueness and characterisation of local minimisers in higher order Calculus of Variations in $\mathrm L^{\infty}$
topic Analysis of PDEs
49K20, 35A15, 35B38, 35D99, 35J94, 49J27
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12625