Phase field approximation for Plateau's problem: a curve geodesic distance penalty approach

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Auteurs principaux: Bonnivard, Matthieu, Bretin, Elie, Lemenant, Antoine, Machefert, Eve
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author Bonnivard, Matthieu
Bretin, Elie
Lemenant, Antoine
Machefert, Eve
author_facet Bonnivard, Matthieu
Bretin, Elie
Lemenant, Antoine
Machefert, Eve
contents This work focuses on a phase field approximation of Plateau's problem. Inspired by Reifenberg's point of view, we introduce a model that combines the Ambrosio-Torterelli energy with a geodesic distance term, which can be considered as a generalization of the approach developed by Bonnivard, Lemenant and Santambrogio to approximate solutions to Steiner's problem. First, we present a Gamma-convergence analysis of this model in the simple case of a single curve located on the edge of a cylinder. In a numerical section, we detail the numerical optimisation schemes used to minimize this energy for numerous examples, for which good approximations of solutions to Plateau's problem are found.
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spellingShingle Phase field approximation for Plateau's problem: a curve geodesic distance penalty approach
Bonnivard, Matthieu
Bretin, Elie
Lemenant, Antoine
Machefert, Eve
Optimization and Control
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
This work focuses on a phase field approximation of Plateau's problem. Inspired by Reifenberg's point of view, we introduce a model that combines the Ambrosio-Torterelli energy with a geodesic distance term, which can be considered as a generalization of the approach developed by Bonnivard, Lemenant and Santambrogio to approximate solutions to Steiner's problem. First, we present a Gamma-convergence analysis of this model in the simple case of a single curve located on the edge of a cylinder. In a numerical section, we detail the numerical optimisation schemes used to minimize this energy for numerous examples, for which good approximations of solutions to Plateau's problem are found.
title Phase field approximation for Plateau's problem: a curve geodesic distance penalty approach
topic Optimization and Control
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22273