Strict convexity, strong ellipticity, and regularity in the calculus of variations
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Vol. 87 (3) , 501-513
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100056930
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the connection between strong ellipticity and the regularity of weak solutions to the equations of nonlinear elastostatics and other nonlinear systems arising from the calculus of variations. The main mathematical tool is a new characterization of continuously differentiable strictly convex functions. We first describe this characterization, and then explain how it can be applied to the calculus of variations and to elastostatics.Keywords
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