A general regularity theorem for functionals with φ-growth

We prove C1,α-regularity for local minimizers of functionals

     

Regularity of minima: An invitation to the dark side of the calculus of variations

I am presenting a survey of regularity results for both minima of variational integrals, and solutions to non-linear elliptic, and sometimes parabolic, systems of partial differential equations. I will try to take the reader to the Dark Side... This work has been partially supported by MIUR via the project “Calcolo delle Variazioni” (Cofin 2004), and by GNAMPA via the project “Studio delle singolarità in problemi geometrici e variazionali”.     

Regularity results for a class of obstacle problems

We prove some optimal regularity results for minimizers of the integral functional ∫ f(x, u, Du) dx belonging to the class K ≔ {u ∈ W ^1,p (Ω): u ⩾ ψ, where ψ is a fixed function, under standard growth conditions of p-type, i.e.

Local minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau functional with prescribed degrees

We consider, in a smooth bounded multiply connected domain D⊂R², the Ginzburg-Landau energy subject to prescribed degree conditions on each component of ∂D. In general, minimal energy maps do not exist [L. Berlyand, P. Mironescu, Ginzburg-Landau minimizers in perforated domains with prescribed degrees, preprint, 2004]. When D has a single hole, Berlyand and Rybalko [L. Berlyand, V. Rybalko, Solution with vortices of a semi-stiff boundary value problem for the Ginzburg-Landau equation, J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS), in press, 2008, http://www.math.psu.edu/berlyand/publications/publications.html] proved that for small ε local minimizers do exist. We extend the result in [L. Berlyand, V. Rybalko, Solution with vortices of a semi-stiff boundary value problem for the Ginzburg-Landau equation, J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS), in press, 2008, http://www.math.psu.edu/berlyand/publications/publications.html]: Eε(u) has, in domains D with 2,3,… holes and for small ε, local minimizers. Our approach is very similar to the one in [L. Berlyand, V. Rybalko, Solution with vortices of a semi-stiff boundary value problem for the Ginzburg-Landau equation, J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS), in press, 2008, http://www.math.psu.edu/berlyand/publications/publications.html]; the main difference stems in the construction of test functions with energy control.     

Variational integrals of splitting-type: higher integrability under general growth conditions

Besides other things we prove that if , , locally minimizes the energy

Two results on the equivariant Ginzburg-Landau vortex in arbitrary dimension

We characterize the O(N)-equivariant vortex solution for Ginzburg-Landau type equations in the N-dimensional Euclidean space and we prove its local energy minimality for the corresponding energy functional.     

Regularity of almost minimizers of quasi-convex variational integrals with subquadratic growth

We prove a small excess regularity theorem for almost minimizers of a quasi-convex variational integral of subquadratic growth. The proof is direct, and it yields an optimal modulus of continuity for the derivative of the almost minimizer. The result is new for general almost minimizers, and in the case of absolute minimizers it considerably simplifies the existing proof. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 49N60, 26B25     

Rational Functions with Prescribed Global and Local Minimizers

A family of multivariate rational functions is constructed. It has strong local minimizers with prescribed function values at prescribed positions. While there might be additional local minima, such minima cannot be global. A second family of multivariate rational functions is given, having prescribed global minimizers and prescribed interpolating data.     

SECOND-ORDER CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES OF TRUST-REGION METHODS USING INCOMPLETE CURVATURE INFORMATION, WITH AN APPLICATION TO MULTIGRID OPTIMIZATION

Convergence properties of trust-region methods for unconstrained nonconvex optimiza-tion is considered in the case where information on the objective function's local curvatureis incomplete,in the sense that it may be restricted to a fixed set of "test directions"and may not be available at every iteration.It is shown that convergence to local "weak"minimizers can still be obtained under some additional but algorithmically realistic condi-tions.These theoretical results are then applied to recursive multigrid trust-region meth-ods,which suggests a new class of algorithms with guaranteed second-order convergenceproperties.     

Existence of Minimizers for Nonconvex Variational Problems with Slow Growth

Consider the minimization problem

三维各向异性Navier-Stokes方程一类大解的整体正则性——献给陆善镇教授75华诞

利用解析性估计和方程非线性项的特殊结构,本文证明了三维各向异Navier-Stokes方程对一类在垂直方向慢变的大初值的整体适定性.