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Local Lipschitz continuity for energy integrals with slow growth

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We consider some energy integrals under slow growth, and we prove that the local minimizers are locally Lipschitz continuous. Many examples are given, either with subquadratic \(p,q-\)growth and/or anisotropic growth.

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Eleuteri, M., Marcellini, P., Mascolo, E. et al. Local Lipschitz continuity for energy integrals with slow growth. Annali di Matematica 201, 1005–1032 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10231-021-01147-w

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