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We prove partial regularity for the vector-valued differential forms solving the system δ(A(x, ω))=0, dω=0, and for the gradient of the vector-valued functions solving the system div A(x, Du)=B(x, u, Du). Here the mapping A, with A(x, w) ≈ (1+ + ¦ω¦2)(p − 2)/2 ω (p⩾2), satisfies a quasimonotonicity condition which, when applied to the gradient A(x, ω)=Dωf(x, ω) of a real-valued functionf, is analogous to but stronger than quasiconvexity for f. The case 1<p<2 for monotone A is reduced to the case p⩾2 by a duality technique.
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Hamburger, C. Quasimonotonicity, regularity and duality for nonlinear systems of partial differential equations. Annali di Matematica pura ed applicata 169, 321–354 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01759359
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