Uniform estimates for a Modica–Mortola type approximation of branched transportation

Abstract: Models for branched networks are often expressed as the minimization of an energy

M^{a} l p h a

over vector measures concentrated on

1

-dimensional rectifiable sets with a divergence constraint. We study a Modica-Mortola type approximation

M^{a} l p h a_{v} a r e p s i l o n

, introduced by Edouard Oudet and Filippo Santambrogio, which is defined over

H^{1}

vector measures. These energies induce some pseudo-distances between

L^{2}

functions obtained through the minimization problem

m i n M^{a} l p h a_{v} a r e p s i l o n (u); :; a b l a c d o t u = f^{+} - f^{-}

. We prove some uniform estimates on these pseudo-distances which allow us to establish a

G a m m a

-convergence result for these energies with a divergence constraint.

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