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Regularizing properties of n-Laplace systems with antisymmetric potentials in Lorentz spaces

Analysis of PDEs 2023-10-03 v2

Abstract

We show continuity of solutions uW1,n(Bn,RN)u \in W^{1,n}(B^n,\mathbb{R}^N) to the system div(un2u)=Ωun2u -{\rm div} (|\nabla u|^{n-2} \nabla u) = \Omega \cdot |\nabla u|^{n-2} \nabla u when Ω\Omega is an LnL^n-antisymmetric potential -- and additionally satisfies a Lorentz-space assumption. To obtain our result we study a rotated n-Laplace system div(Qun2u)=Ω~un2u, -{\rm div} (Q|\nabla u|^{n-2} \nabla u) = \tilde{\Omega} \cdot |\nabla u|^{n-2} \nabla u, where QW1,n(Bn,SO(N))Q \in W^{1,n}(B^n,SO(N)) is the Coulomb gauge which ensures improved Lorentz-space integrability of Ω~\tilde{\Omega}. Because of the matrix-term QQ, this system does not fall directly into Kuusi-Mingione's vectorial potential theory. However, we adapt ideas of their theory together with Iwaniec' stability result to obtain L(n,)L^{(n,\infty)}-estimates of the gradient of a solution which, by an iteration argument leads to the regularity of solutions. As a corollary of our argument we see that nn-harmonic maps into manifolds are continuous if their gradient belongs to the Lorentz-space L(n,2)L^{(n,2)} -- which is a trivial and optimal assumption if n=2n=2, and the weakest assumption to date for the regularity of critical nn-harmonic maps, without any added differentiability assumption. We also discuss an application to H systems.

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@article{arxiv.2305.05961,
  title  = {Regularizing properties of n-Laplace systems with antisymmetric potentials in Lorentz spaces},
  author = {Dorian Martino and Armin Schikorra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.05961},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Added application to H-systems