On the classical Reinforcement problem and Optimisation
Analysis of PDEs
2026-02-20 v1
Abstract
In the present survey, we consider the classical reinforcement problem for elliptic boundary value problems originally studied by Sanchez-Palencia in 1969. We focus on the seminar papers by Brezis, Caffarelli, & Friedman, and by Acerbi & Buttazzo, and discuss the related optimisation problems proposed by Friedman and by Buttazzo.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.17331,
title = {On the classical Reinforcement problem and Optimisation},
author = {Emanuele Cristoforoni and Carlo Nitsch and Cristina Trombetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17331},
year = {2026}
}