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The calibration method for the Mumford-Shah functional and free-discontinuity problems

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present a minimality criterion for the Mumford-Shah functional, and more generally for non convex variational integrals on SBV which couple a surface and a bulk term. This method provides short and easy proofs for several minimality results.

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@article{arxiv.math/0105013,
  title  = {The calibration method for the Mumford-Shah functional and free-discontinuity problems},
  author = {Giovanni Alberti and Guy Bouchitte' and Gianni Dal Maso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0105013},
  year   = {2007}
}

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45 pages, 7 figures

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