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On the Dirichlet problem with several volume constraints on the level sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2007

Eugene Stepanov
Affiliation:
Computer Technology Department, Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, 14 sablinskaya ul., 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia (stepanov@spb.runnet.ru)
Paolo Tilli
Affiliation:
Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy (tilli@cibs.sns.it)
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Abstract

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We consider minimization problems involving the Dirichlet integral under an arbitrary number of volume constraints on the level sets and a generalized boundary condition. More precisely, given a bounded open domain Ω ⊂ Rn with smooth boundary, we study the problem of minimizing ∫Ω |∇u|2 among all those functions uH1 that simultaneously satisfy n-dimensional measure constraints on the level sets of the kind |{u = li}| = αi, i = 1,…, k, and a generalized boundary condition uK. Here, K is a closed convex subset of H1 such that ; the invariance of K under provides that the condition uK actually depends only on the trace of u along ∂Ω.

By a penalization approach, we prove the existence of minimizers and their Hölder continuity, generalizing previous results that are not applicable when a boundary condition is prescribed.

Finally, in the case of just two volume constraints, we investigate the Γ-convergence of the above (rescaled) functionals when the total measure of the two prescribed level sets tends to saturate the whole domain Ω. It turns out that the resulting Γ-limit functional can be split into two distinct parts: the perimeter of the interface due to the Dirichlet energy that concentrates along the jump, and a boundary integral term due to the constraint uK. In the particular case where K = H1 (i.e. when no boundary condition is prescribed), the boundary term vanishes and we recover a previous result due to Ambrosio et al.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2002