On the homogeneity of global minimizers for the Mumford-Shah functional when \(K\) is a smooth cone (Q2655869)

Summary: We show that if \((u, K)\) is a global minimizer for the Mumford-Shah functional in \(\mathbb R^N\), and if \(K\) is a smooth enough cone, then (modulo constants) \(u\) is a homogeneous function of degree \(\frac 12\). We deduce some applications in \(\mathbb R^3\) as for 2 instance that an angular sector cannot be the singular set of a global minimizer, that if \(K\) is a half-plane then \(u\) is the corresponding cracktip function of two variables, or that if \(K\) is a cone that meets \(S^2\) with an union of \(C^\infty\) curvilinear convex polygones, then it is a \(\mathbb P\), \(\mathbb Y\) or \(\mathbb T\).