Finite Element Approximations and the Dirichlet Problem for Surfaces of Prescribed Mean Curvature

1998 ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Dziuk ◽  
John E. Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Dirichlet Problem ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Finite Element Approximations ◽  
Prescribed Mean Curvature

scholarly journals The Dirichlet problem for gradient dependent prescribed mean curvature equations in the Lorentz–Minkowski space

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Corsato ◽  
Franco Obersnel ◽  
Pierpaolo Omari
Keyword(s):  
Dirichlet Problem ◽  
Differential Operator ◽  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Mean Curvature ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Curvature Equation ◽  
Prescribed Mean Curvature ◽  
Mean Curvature Equation ◽  
Prescribed Mean Curvature Equation ◽  
Mean Curvature Equations

AbstractWe discuss existence, multiplicity, localisation and stability properties of solutions of the Dirichlet problem associated with the gradient dependent prescribed mean curvature equation in the Lorentz–Minkowski space$\left\{\begin{aligned} \displaystyle{-}\operatorname{div}\biggl{(}\frac{\nabla u% }{\sqrt{1-|\nabla u|^{2}}}\biggr{)}&\displaystyle=f(x,u,\nabla u)&&% \displaystyle\phantom{}\text{in }\Omega,\\ \displaystyle u&\displaystyle=0&&\displaystyle\phantom{}\text{on }\partial% \Omega.\end{aligned}\right.$The obtained results display various peculiarities, which are due to the special features of the involved differential operator and have no counterpart for elliptic problems driven by other quasilinear differential operators. This research is also motivated by some recent achievements in the study of prescribed mean curvature graphs in certain Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker, as well as Schwarzschild–Reissner–Nordström, spacetimes.

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