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We pursue the study of a model convex functional with orthotropic structure and nonstandard growth conditions, this time focusing on the sub-quadratic case. We prove that bounded local minimizers are locally Lipschitz. No restriction on the…

We prove a Lipschitz approximation with superlinear error terms for integral currents $\omega$-minimizing the area functional, where $\omega$ is a modulus of continuity satisfying a Dini condition. We also present an almost monotonicity…

We prove minimax theorems for lower semicontinuous functions defined on a Hilbert space. The main tool is the theory of $\Phi$-convex functions and sufficient and necessary conditions for the minimax equality to hold for $\Phi$-convex…

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For higher order integral functionals with $p(x)$ growth with respect to the highest order derivative $D^m u$, we prove that $D^m u$ is H\"older continuous on an open subset $\Omega_0 \subset \Omega$ of full Lebesgue- measure, provided that…

We study energy functionals obtained by adding a possibly discontinuous potential to an interaction term modeled upon a Gagliardo-type fractional seminorm. We prove that minimizers of such non-differentiable functionals are locally bounded,…

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Based on recent developments in the theory of fractional Sobolev spaces, an interesting new class of nonlocal variational problems has emerged in the literature. These problems, which are the focus of this work, involve integral functionals…

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This paper is concerned with the regularity of shape optimizers of a class of isoperimetric problems under convexity constraint. We prove that minimizers of the sum of the perimeter and a perturbative term, among convex shapes, are C…

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We investigate regularity properties of minimizers for non-autonomous convex variational integrands $F(x, \mathrm{D} u)$ with linear growth, defined on bounded Lipschitz domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$. Assuming appropriate…

We prove $C^{1,\nu}$ regularity for local minimizers of the \oh{multi-phase} energy: \begin{flalign*} w \mapsto \int_{\Omega}\snr{Dw}^{p}+a(x)\snr{Dw}^{q}+b(x)\snr{Dw}^{s} \ dx, \end{flalign*} under sharp assumptions relating the couples…

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Minima of the log-multiphase variational integral $$ w \mapsto \int_{\Omega} \left[|Dw|\log(1+|Dw|) + a(x)|Dw|^q + b(x)|Dw|^s\right] \, {\rm d}x\,, $$ have locally H\"older continuous gradient under sharp quantitative bounds linking the…