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Vector variational problem with knitting boundary conditions


Authors: Graça Carita, Vladimir V. Goncharov and Georgi V. Smirnov
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 75 (2017), 249-265
MSC (2010): Primary 49J45, 74B20, 92C50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1457
Published electronically: October 5, 2016
MathSciNet review: 3614497
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Abstract: We consider a variational problem with a polyconvex integrand and nonstandard boundary conditions that can be treated as minimization of the strain energy during the suturing process in plastic surgery. Existence of minimizers is proved and necessary optimality conditions are discussed.


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Graça Carita
Affiliation: CIMA, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671, Évora, Portugal
MR Author ID: 944039
Email: gcarita@uevora.pt

Vladimir V. Goncharov
Affiliation: CIMA, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671, Évora, Portugal – and – Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory, RAS, ul. Lermontov 134, 664033, Irkutsk
MR Author ID: 242721
Email: goncha@uevora.pt

Georgi V. Smirnov
Affiliation: Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
MR Author ID: 232796
Email: smirnov@math.uminho.pt

Keywords: Calculus of variations, polyconvex integrand, coercivity assumptions, trace operator, knitting boundary conditions
Received by editor(s): October 1, 2015
Published electronically: October 5, 2016
Article copyright: © Copyright 2016 Brown University