On a volume-constrained variational problem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On a volume-constrained variational problem
zbMATH Open document ID: 0945.49005
author: Paolo Marcellini
author: Luc Tartar
author: Luigi Ambrosio
author: Irene Fonseca
published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
publication date: 2000-09-26T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(W\colon {\mathbb R}^{d\times N}\to[0,+\infty[\) be a \(C^1\) quasiconvex function with \(p\) growth, \(p>1\), and such that \[ \sum_{i,j=1}^d\sum_{k=1}^N{\partial W\over\partial\xi_{ik}}(\xi)\xi_{jk}v^iv^j > 0\text{ whenever }\xi^Tv\not=0,\;\xi\in{\mathbb R}^{d\times N},\;v\in S^{d-1}, \] where \(S^{d-1}\) is the unit sphere in \({\mathbb R}^d\). Moreover, let \(\Omega\subseteq{\mathbb R}^N\) be an open, bounded, connected Lipschitz domain, \(\{z_1,\ldots,z_P\}\) be extremal points of a compact, convex set \(K\subseteq{\mathbb R}^d\) with \(P\geq 1\), and let \(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_P>0\) verify \(\sum_{i=1}^P\alpha_i<{\mathcal L}^N(\Omega)\). In the paper the authors prove an existence result for the problem \[ \min\left\{\int_\Omega W(\nabla u)dx : u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega;{\mathbb R}^d),\;{\mathcal L}^N(\{u=z_i\})=\alpha_i,\;i=1\ldots,P\right\}. \] In particular, they consider the case with \(d=1\), \(W(\xi)=|\xi|^2\), and \(P=2\), and characterize the asymptotic behaviour of the minimizers of the above problem as \(\alpha_1\to{\mathcal L}^N(\Omega)-\gamma\) and \(\alpha_2\to\gamma\) for some \(\gamma\in]0,{\mathcal L}^N(\Omega)[\). They prove that the limiting configurations satisfy the constrained least-area problem \[ \min\left\{P_\Omega(E) : E\subseteq\Omega,\;{\mathcal L}^N(E)=\gamma\right\}, \] where \(P_\Omega(E)\) denotes the perimeter of \(E\) in \(\Omega\). Again in this case, minimizers are fully characterized when \(N=1\), and candidates for solutions are proposed for the circle and the square in the plane. The minimization problem with \(d=1\), \(W(\xi)=|\xi|^2\), and \(P=2\) was proposed by \textit{M. E. Gurtin} [Motion by mean curvature and related topics: Proceedings of the International Conference held at Trento, Italy, July 20-24, 1992. Berlin: de Gruyter. 89-97 (1994; Zbl 0809.35145)] in connection with the study of the interface between immiscible fluids. A similar problem with \(d=1\), \(W(\xi)=|\xi|^2\), and \(P=1\) (i.e., only one volume …
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49Q20
zbMATH DE Number: 1384397
zbMATH Keywords: constrained variational problems
zbMATH Keywords: \(\Gamma\)-convergence
zbMATH Keywords: interface problems
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s002050050166
OpenAlex ID: W2118378795
DOI: 10.1007/S002050050166
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