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We prove a C 1,α partial regularity result for minimizers of variational integrals of the type
where the integrand f is strictly quasiconvex and satisfies suitable growth conditions in terms of Young functions.
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Breit, D., Verde, A. Quasiconvex variational functionals in Orlicz–Sobolev spaces. Annali di Matematica 192, 255–271 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10231-011-0222-1
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