Conservation laws for even order systems of polyharmonic map type

Abstract

Following Rivi\`ere's study of conservation laws for second order quasilinear systems with critical nonlinearty and Lamm/Rivi\`ere's generalization to fourth order, we consider similar systems of order $2m$. Typical examples are $m$-polyharmonic maps. Under natural conditions, we find a conservation law for weak solutions on $2m$-dimensional domains. This implies continuity of weak solutions.