Abstract/Summary

We study minimisation problems in L∞ for general quasiconvex first order functionals, where the class of admissible mappings is constrained by the sublevel sets of another supremal functional and by the zero set of a nonlinear operator. Examples of admissible operators include those expressing pointwise, unilateral, integral isoperimetric, elliptic quasilinear differential, jacobian and null Lagrangian constraints. Via the method of Lp approximations as p → ∞, we illustrate the existence of a special L∞ minimiser which solves a divergence PDE system involving certain auxiliary measures as coefficients. This system can be seen as a divergence form counterpart of the Aronsson PDE system which is associated with the constrained L∞ variational problem.