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We prove $C^{1,\nu}$ regularity for local minimizers of the \oh{multi-phase} energy: \begin{flalign*} w \mapsto \int_{\Omega}\snr{Dw}^{p}+a(x)\snr{Dw}^{q}+b(x)\snr{Dw}^{s} \ dx, \end{flalign*} under sharp assumptions relating the couples…
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We study a class of semilinear free boundary problems in which admissible functions $u$ have a topological constraint, or spanning condition, on their 1-level set. This constraint forces $\{u=1\}$, which is the free boundary, to behave like…
We derive nearly tight and non-asymptotic convergence bounds for solutions of entropic semi-discrete optimal transport. These bounds quantify the stability of the dual solutions of the regularized problem (sometimes called Sinkhorn…
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We consider the minimization of integral functionals in one dimension and their approximation by $r$-adaptive finite elements. Including the grid of the FEM approximation as a variable in the minimization, we are able to show that the…
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