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On regularity theory for n/p-harmonic maps into manifolds

Analysis of PDEs 2017-11-15 v1

Abstract

In this paper we continue the investigation of the regularity of the so-called weak np\frac{n}{p}-harmonic maps in the critical case. These are critical points of the following nonlocal energy Ls(u)=Rn(Δ)s2u(x)pdx, {\mathcal{L}}_s(u)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}| ( {-\Delta})^{\frac{s}{2}} u(x)|^p dx\,, where uH˙s,p(Rn,N)u\in \dot{H}^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{N}) and NRN{\mathcal{N}}\subset\mathbb{R}^N is a closed kk dimensional smooth manifold and s=nps=\frac{n}{p}. We prove H\"older continuity for such critical points for p2p \leq 2. For p>2p > 2 we obtain the same under an additional Lorentz-space assumption. The regularity theory is in the two cases based on regularity results for nonlocal Schr\"odinger systems with an antisymmetric potential.

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@article{arxiv.1709.02329,
  title  = {On regularity theory for n/p-harmonic maps into manifolds},
  author = {Francesca Da Lio and Armin Schikorra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.02329},
  year   = {2017}
}
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