Regularity theory for tangent-point energies: the non-degenerate sub-critical case

DOI10.1515/ACV-2013-0020zbMATH Open1322.49060arXiv1208.3605OpenAlexW2964175079MaRDI QIDQ2018361FDOQ2018361

Authors: Simon Blatt, Philipp Reiter 

Publication date: 14 April 2015

Published in: Advances in the Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article we introduce and investigate a new two-parameter family of knot energies $T{P}^{(p,q)}$ that contains the tangent-point energies. These energies are obtained by decoupling the exponents in the numerator and denominator of the integrand in the original definition of the tangent-point energies. We will first characterize the curves of finite energy in the sub-critical range $pin(q+2,2q+1)$ and see that those are all injective and regular curves in the Sobolev-Slobodeckiu{i} space $W^{(p-1)/q,q}$. We derive a formula for the first variation that turns out to be a non-degenerate elliptic operator for the special case $q=2$ --- a fact that seems not to be the case for the original tangent-point energies. This observation allows us to prove that stationary points of $T{P}^{(p,2)}$ + lambda length, $pin(4,5)$, lambda > 0, are smooth --- so especially all local minimizers are smooth.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3605

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zbMATH Keywords

minimizersregularity theoryknot energiestangent-point energies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Regularity of solutions in optimal control (49N60) Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10)

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