ON EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEM OF MUMFORD AND SHAH (Q4946772)

The paper deals with the explicit computation of minimizing pairs \((u,K)\) for the Mumford--Shah functional \[ \int_{\Omega\setminus K}|\nabla u|^2+|u-g|^2 dx+ {\mathcal H}^1(K\cap\Omega) \] in some symmetric situations, putting an a priori upper bound on the number of connected components of \(K\). If \(\Omega\) is a disk \(B(0,L)\) and \(g_t=t\chi_{B(0,R)}\), with \(0<R<L\), the authors prove that \((g_t,\partial B(0,R))\) is the unique optimal pair if either \(L-R\) or \(t\) are large enough. They also prove that if either \(t\) or \(L-R\) are small, then the radial \(C^1\) solution of \(\Delta u=u-g_t\) provides the best segmentation with \(K=\emptyset\). In the general case when \(\Omega\) is a convex set and \(g_t=t\chi_D\), with \(D\subset\subset\Omega\) convex, the authors prove that \[ \lim_{t\to +\infty}d_{{\mathcal H}}(K_t,\partial D)=0 \] (here \(d_{{\mathcal H}}\) is the Hausdorff distance) for optimal pairs \((u_t,K_t)\) such that \(K_t\subset D\) is a Jordan curve.