Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities

In this paper we develop a new approach for the stable approximation of a minimal surface problem associated with a relaxed Dirichlet problem in the space BV(Ω) of functions of bounded variation. The problem can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem of a functional 𝒥 on BV(Ω) defi...

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Main Authors: M. Zuhair Nashed, Otmar Scherzer
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Published: Wiley 1997-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000316
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description In this paper we develop a new approach for the stable approximation of a minimal surface problem associated with a relaxed Dirichlet problem in the space BV(Ω) of functions of bounded variation. The problem can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem of a functional 𝒥 on BV(Ω) defined by 𝒥(u)=𝒜(u)+∫∂Ω|Tu−Φ|, where 𝒜(u) is the “area integral” of u with respect to Ω,T is the “trace operator” from BV(Ω) into L i(∂Ω), and ϕ is the prescribed data on the boundary of Ω. We establish convergence and stability of approximate regularized solutions which are solutions of a family of variational inequalities. We also prove convergence of an iterative method based on Uzawa's algorithm for implementation of our regularization procedure.
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spelling doaj-art-3fd1a50cf78a4426a17f737e3a92078c2025-08-20T03:55:36ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751997-01-0121-213716110.1155/S1085337597000316Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational InequalitiesM. Zuhair Nashed0Otmar Scherzer1Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USAInstitut für Industriemathematik, Johannes-Kepler-Universität, öSTERREICH A-4040 Linz, AustriaIn this paper we develop a new approach for the stable approximation of a minimal surface problem associated with a relaxed Dirichlet problem in the space BV(Ω) of functions of bounded variation. The problem can be reformulated as an unconstrained minimization problem of a functional 𝒥 on BV(Ω) defined by 𝒥(u)=𝒜(u)+∫∂Ω|Tu−Φ|, where 𝒜(u) is the “area integral” of u with respect to Ω,T is the “trace operator” from BV(Ω) into L i(∂Ω), and ϕ is the prescribed data on the boundary of Ω. We establish convergence and stability of approximate regularized solutions which are solutions of a family of variational inequalities. We also prove convergence of an iterative method based on Uzawa's algorithm for implementation of our regularization procedure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000316Minimal surface problemrelaxed Dirichlet problemnondifferentiable optimization in nonreflexive spacesvariational inequalitiesbounded variation normUzawa's algorithm.
spellingShingle M. Zuhair Nashed
Otmar Scherzer
Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Minimal surface problem
relaxed Dirichlet problem
nondifferentiable optimization in nonreflexive spaces
variational inequalities
bounded variation norm
Uzawa's algorithm.
title Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
title_full Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
title_fullStr Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
title_full_unstemmed Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
title_short Stable Approximations of a Minimal Surface Problem with Variational Inequalities
title_sort stable approximations of a minimal surface problem with variational inequalities
topic Minimal surface problem
relaxed Dirichlet problem
nondifferentiable optimization in nonreflexive spaces
variational inequalities
bounded variation norm
Uzawa's algorithm.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000316
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