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New dimensional bounds for a branched transport problem

Analysis of PDEs 2025-11-20 v2

Abstract

We consider a branched transport problem with weakly imposed boundary conditions. This problem arises as a reduced model for pattern formation in type-I superconductors. For this model, it is conjectured that the dimension of the boundary measure is non-integer. We prove this conjecture in a simplified 2D setting, under the (strong) assumption of Ahlfors regularity of the irrigated measure. This work is the first rigorous proof of a singular behaviour for irrigated measures resulting from minimality.

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@article{arxiv.2411.14547,
  title  = {New dimensional bounds for a branched transport problem},
  author = {Alessandro Cosenza and Michael Goldman and Melanie Koser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14547},
  year   = {2025}
}
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