Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities

In this paper we develop a new approach for the stable approximation of a minimal surface problem associated with a relaxed Dirichlet problem in the space BV(Ω) of functions of bounded variation. The problem can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem of a functional 𝒥 on BV(Ω) defi...

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Main Authors: M. Zuhair Nashed, Otmar Scherzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1997-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000316
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Summary:In this paper we develop a new approach for the stable approximation of a minimal surface problem associated with a relaxed Dirichlet problem in the space BV(Ω) of functions of bounded variation. The problem can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem of a functional 𝒥 on BV(Ω) defined by 𝒥(u)=𝒜(u)+∫∂Ω|Tu−Φ|, where 𝒜(u) is the “area integral” of u with respect to Ω,T is the “trace operator” from BV(Ω) into L i(∂Ω), and ϕ is the prescribed data on the boundary of Ω. We establish convergence and stability of approximate regularized solutions which are solutions of a family of variational inequalities. We also prove convergence of an iterative method based on Uzawa's algorithm for implementation of our regularization procedure.
ISSN:1085-3375