On a phase field approximation of the planar Steiner problem: existence, regularity, and asymptotic of minimizers

DOI10.4171/IFB/397MaRDI QIDQ1650258zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthieu Bonnivard, Antoine Lemenant, Vincent Millot

Publication date 2 July 2018

Published in Interfaces and Free Boundaries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.07875

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceaverage distanceGinzburg-Landau functionalModica-Mortolaoptimal compliancephase field approximationSteiner problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Optimality conditions for free problems in two or more independent variables (49K10)

Abstract: In this article, we consider and analyse a small variant of a functional originally introduced in cite{BLS,LS} to approximate the (geometric) planar Steiner problem. This functional depends on a small parameter $varepsilon>0$ and resembles the (scalar) Ginzburg-Landau functional from phase transitions. In a first part, we prove existence and regularity of minimizers for this functional. Then we provide a detailed analysis of their behavior as $varepsilono0$, showing in particular that sublevel sets Hausdorff converge to optimal Steiner sets. Applications to the average distance problem and optimal compliance are also discussed.

Review text

The authors investigate a functional that helps approximate the planar Steiner problem, continuing and rounding their recent research on the phase field approximations of relevant problems. The employed functional (that resembles the scalar Ginzburg-Landau functional) is a slight modification of the one considered earlier and allows proving new results on functional existence and regularity of minimizers together with a more exact description of the behavior of the latter in the singular limit as the parameter on which the functional depends tends towards zero. In particular it is proven that sublevel sets Hausdorff converge to optimal Steiner sets, while as applications problems of average distance and optimal compliance are approached via the newly developed method.

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