I am solving elliptic PDE problem, for which, Euler scheme looks as following: $$ \nabla [\gamma ( |\nabla u|^2) \nabla u] = 0,$$ where $$\gamma(|\nabla u|^2) = (1 + |\nabla u|^2)^{-1/2}. $$
I am aiming to define minimization problem for problem above. Does anybody have any suggestion how it should look like? Or some recommended literature?