Partial interior regularity for sub-elliptic systems with Dini continuous coefficients in Carnot groups: the sub-quadratic controllable case

We consider nonlinear sub-elliptic systems with Dini continuous coefficients for the case 1 < m < 2 in Carnot groups and prove a C-1-partial regularity result for weak solutions under the controllable growth conditions. Our method of proof for sub-elliptic systems is based on a generalization of the technique of A-harmonic approximation. It is interesting to point out that our result is optimal in the sense that in the case of Holder continuous coefficients we get directly the optimal Hlder exponent on its regular set.