{ "id": "0910.5876", "version": "v2", "published": "2009-10-30T14:40:31.000Z", "updated": "2010-08-30T13:17:05.000Z", "title": "Regularity versus singularities for elliptic problems in two dimensions", "authors": [ "Lisa Beck" ], "comment": "11 pages, revised and slightly extended version", "categories": [ "math.AP" ], "abstract": "In two dimensions every weak solution to a nonlinear elliptic system $\\rm{div} a(x,u,Du)=0$ has H\\\"older continuous first derivatives provided that standard continuity, ellipticity and growth assumptions hold with a growth exponent $p \\geq 2$. We give an example showing that this result cannot be extended to the subquadratic case, i.e. that weak solutions are not necessarily continuous if $1< p <2$. Furthermore, we discuss related results for variational integrals.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2010-08-30T13:17:05.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "35J47" ], "keywords": [ "elliptic problems", "dimensions", "regularity", "weak solution", "singularities" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 11, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2009arXiv0910.5876B" } } }