Hilbert’s nineteenth problem

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Hilbert’s nineteenth problem is one of David Hilbert’s famous list of 23 problems, asking whether solutions to regular variational problems are always analytic.

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instanceOf Hilbert problem
asksAbout analyticity of solutions
smoothness of solutions
asksWhether every minimizer of a regular variational integral is analytic
assumes regularity conditions on the integrand of the variational functional
category open problem in 1900
concerns analyticity of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations
elliptic variational problems
regularity of minimizers of variational integrals
currentCategory resolved problem in mathematics
field calculus of variations
partial differential equations
regularity theory
hasNumber 19
influenced development of geometric measure theory
modern regularity theory for PDEs
nonlinear elliptic PDE theory
languageOfOriginalStatement German
listedIn Hilbert’s 1900 Paris lecture NERFINISHED
mainQuestion whether solutions to regular variational problems are always analytic
originalContext foundations and future directions of mathematics
partOf Hilbert’s list of 23 problems NERFINISHED
posedBy David Hilbert NERFINISHED
relatedTo Hilbert’s twentieth problem NERFINISHED
elliptic regularity
variational integrals with convex integrands
requiresCondition ellipticity of the Euler–Lagrange equations
sufficient smoothness of the Lagrangian
solutionBy Ennio De Giorgi NERFINISHED
John Nash NERFINISHED
Jürgen Moser NERFINISHED
solutionDateApprox 1950s
solutionInvolves De Giorgi–Nash–Moser theory NERFINISHED
Schauder estimates NERFINISHED
regularity theory for elliptic partial differential equations
solutionResult under suitable regularity and ellipticity assumptions, solutions are indeed analytic
status solved
typicalAssumption integrand is sufficiently smooth and uniformly convex in the gradient variable
typicalFormulationUses Euler–Lagrange equations GENERATED
elliptic systems in divergence form GENERATED
yearPosed 1900

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