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The average distance problem with perimeter-to-area ratio penalization

Analysis of PDEs 2022-01-26 v1

Abstract

In this paper we consider the functional \begin{equation*} E_{p,\la}(\Omega):=\int_\Omega \dist^p(x,\pd \Omega )\d x+\la \frac{\H^1(\pd \Omega)}{\H^2(\Omega)}. \end{equation*} Here p1p\geq 1, \la>0\la>0 are given parameters, the unknown Ω\Omega varies among compact, convex, Hausdorff two-dimensional sets of R2\R^2, \pdΩ\pd \Omega denotes the boundary of Ω\Omega, and \dist(x,\pdΩ):=infy\pdΩxy\dist(x,\pd \Omega):=\inf_{y\in\pd \Omega}|x-y|. The integral term Ω\distp(x,\pdΩ)\dx\int_\Omega \dist^p(x,\pd \Omega )\d x quantifies the "easiness" for points in Ω\Omega to reach the boundary, while \frac{\H^1(\pd \Omega)}{\H^2(\Omega)} is the perimeter-to-area ratio. The main aim is to prove existence and C1,1C^{1,1}-regularity of minimizers of \E\E.

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@article{arxiv.2201.10100,
  title  = {The average distance problem with perimeter-to-area ratio penalization},
  author = {Qiang Du and Xin Yang Lu and Chong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.10100},
  year   = {2022}
}
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