Approximation of minimal surfaces with free boundaries (Q1729844)
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Approximation of minimal surfaces with free boundaries (English)
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28 February 2019
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The authors develop a penalty method to approximate solutions of the free boundary problem for minimal surfaces. For this goal they study the problem of finding minimizers of a certain functional which is defined as the sum of the Dirichlet integral as well as an appropriate penalty term weighted by a parameter \(\lambda\). They show -- among other things -- the existence of a solution when \(\lambda\) is large enough and the convergence to a solution of the free boundary problem in the case when the parameter \(\lambda\) tends to infinity. Regularity at the boundary of these solutions is obtained.
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minimal surfaces
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stationary surfaces
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Dirichlet integral
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harmonic solution
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harmonic extension
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free boundary problem
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finite element approximation
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convergence
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