Free boundary problems

Publication date 11 November 1999

dam problem image segmentation problem minimization problem obstacle problem shape optimization problem variational inequality variational method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to partial differential equations (35-01) Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Variational inequalities (49J40)

Review text

This paper is concerned with free boundary value problems which can be solved by methods based on the calculus of variations. Roughly speaking a free boundary value problem is a problem with not only a function but also a set as unknown. In this paper the free boundary value problems are transformed into usual minimization problems where the free boundaries disappear and unknown are functions (or measures). In each problem the free boundary can be constructed by the solution of the transformed problem. To describe the methods the author refers to four physical problems: the obstacle problem, the dam problem, the image segmentation problem, and a shape optimization problem. In each problem, a mathematical formulation is given, the problem is transformed into a minimization problem, and finally the solution is obtained. The question of regularity of the free boundary is left out of consideration. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0908.00012].

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