Convexity of the free boundary for an exterior free boundary problem involving the perimeter

Hayk Mikayelyan; Henrik Shahgholian

doi:10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1431

Convexity of the free boundary for an exterior free boundary problem involving the perimeter

Hayk Mikayelyan, Henrik Shahgholian

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Abstract

We prove that if the given compact set K is convex then a minimizer of the functional I(v) = ∫B_R |∇_v|^pdx + Per({v > 0}), 1 < p < ∞ over the set {v ∈ W₀ ^1,p(B_R)|v ≡ 1 on K ⊂ B_R} has a convex support, and as a result all its level sets are convex as well. We derive the free boundary condition for the minimizers and prove that the free boundary is analytic and the minimizer is unique.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1431-1443
Number of pages	13
Journal	Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1431
Publication status	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Free boundary problems
Mean curvature

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Analysis
Applied Mathematics

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Convexity of the free boundary for an exterior free boundary problem involving the perimeter

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