An obstacle problem for the p-elastic energy

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Hauptverfasser: Dall'Acqua, Anna, Müller, Marius, Okabe, Shinya, Yoshizawa, Kensuke
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author Dall'Acqua, Anna
Müller, Marius
Okabe, Shinya
Yoshizawa, Kensuke
author_facet Dall'Acqua, Anna
Müller, Marius
Okabe, Shinya
Yoshizawa, Kensuke
contents In this paper we consider an obstacle problem for a generalization of the p-elastic energy among graphical curves with fixed ends. Taking into account that the Euler--Lagrange equation has a degeneracy, we address the question whether solutions have a flat part, i.e. an open interval where the curvature vanishes. We also investigate which is the main cause of the loss of regularity, the obstacle or the degeneracy. Moreover, we give several conditions on the obstacle that assure existence and nonexistence of solutions. The analysis can be refined in the special case of the p-elastica functional, where we obtain sharp existence results and uniqueness for symmetric minimizers.
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spellingShingle An obstacle problem for the p-elastic energy
Dall'Acqua, Anna
Müller, Marius
Okabe, Shinya
Yoshizawa, Kensuke
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper we consider an obstacle problem for a generalization of the p-elastic energy among graphical curves with fixed ends. Taking into account that the Euler--Lagrange equation has a degeneracy, we address the question whether solutions have a flat part, i.e. an open interval where the curvature vanishes. We also investigate which is the main cause of the loss of regularity, the obstacle or the degeneracy. Moreover, we give several conditions on the obstacle that assure existence and nonexistence of solutions. The analysis can be refined in the special case of the p-elastica functional, where we obtain sharp existence results and uniqueness for symmetric minimizers.
title An obstacle problem for the p-elastic energy
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.09893