Minimum problems on SBV with irregular boundary datum (Q1378844)

The aim of the paper is to prove existence of minimizers in the space SBV of special functions with bounded variation for a variant of the Mumford-Shah functional, involving also a penalty for non attainment of a prescribed boundary value \(\varphi\): the problem can be written as \[ \min\Bigl\{\int_\Omega|\nabla u|^2+| u-\psi|^2 dx+{\mathcal H}^{n-1}(S^\varphi_u):\;u\in \text{SBV} (\Omega) \Bigr\} \] where \(\psi:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}\) and \(\varphi:\partial\Omega\to\mathbb{R}\) are bounded measurable functions and, denoting by \(u^*\) the trace of \(u\) on \(\partial\Omega\), \(S_u^\varphi\) is given by \[ S^\varphi_u:=S_u\cup\{x\in\partial\Omega:\;u^*(x)\neq\varphi(x)\}. \] More general surface energies and boundary penalties are also considered in the paper.