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Singular Sets and the Lavrentiev Phenomenon

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2019-07-22 v1

Abstract

We show that non-occurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon does not imply that the singular set is small. Precisely, given a compact Lebesgue null subset of the line EE and an arbitrary superlinearity, there exists a smooth, strictly convex Lagrangian with this superlinear growth, such that all minimizers of the associated variational problem have singular set exactly EE, but still admit approximation in energy by smooth functions.

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@article{arxiv.1503.06694,
  title  = {Singular Sets and the Lavrentiev Phenomenon},
  author = {Richard Gratwick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06694},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, to appear in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect A

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