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Regularity of Solutions to Second-Order Integral Functionals in Variational Calculus

Optimization and Control 2008-02-23 v1

Abstract

We obtain regularity conditions of a new type of problems of the calculus of variations with second-order derivatives. As a corollary, we get non-occurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon. Our main result asserts that autonomous integral functionals of the calculus of variations with a Lagrangian having superlinearity partial derivatives with respect to the higher-order derivatives admit only minimizers with essentially bounded derivatives.

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@article{arxiv.0707.2404,
  title  = {Regularity of Solutions to Second-Order Integral Functionals in Variational Calculus},
  author = {Moulay Rchid Sidi Ammi and Delfim F. M. Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2404},
  year   = {2008}
}
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