\(\Gamma\)-convergence of discrete approximations to interfaces with prescribed mean curvature (Q2640869)

Summary: The numerical approximation of the minimum problem: \(\min_{A\subseteq \Omega}\tilde {\mathcal F}(A)\), is considered, where \[ \tilde {\mathcal F}(A)=P_{\Omega}(A)+\cos (\theta){\mathcal H}^{n-1}(\partial A\cap \partial \Omega)-\int_{A}x. \] The solution to this problem is a set \(A\subseteq \Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^ n\) with prescribed mean curvature x and contact angle \(\theta\) at the intersection of \(\partial A\) with \(\partial \Omega\). The functional \(\tilde {\mathcal F}\) is first relaxed with a sequence of nonconvex functionals defined in \(H^ 1(\Omega)\) which, in turn, are discretized by finite elements. The \(\Gamma\)-convergence of the discrete functionals to \(\tilde {\mathcal F}\) as well as the compactness of any sequence of discrete absolute minimizers are proven.