Partial regularity for the optimal $p$-compliance problem with length penalization

TL;DR

This paper proves partial regularity results for minimizers of the optimal p-compliance problem with length penalization, showing regularity at most points and excluding closed loops in optimal sets.

Contribution

It extends previous regularity results to higher dimensions and establishes $C^{1,eta}$ regularity for minimizers with free boundary sets of codimension $N-1$.

Findings

Minimizers are $C^{1,eta}$ regular at almost every point.

Optimal sets cannot contain closed loops.

Regularity holds for all p in (N-1, +∞).

Abstract

We establish a partial $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity result for minimizers of the optimal $p$-compliance problem with length penalization in any spatial dimension $N\geq 2$, extending some of the results obtained in [Chambolle-Lamboley-Lemenant-Stepanov 17], [Bulanyi-Lemenant 20]. The key feature is that the $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of minimizers for some free boundary type problem is investigated with a free boundary set of codimension $N-1$. We prove that every optimal set cannot contain closed loops, and it is $C^{1,\alpha}$ regular at $\mathcal{H}^{1}$-a.e. point for every $p\in (N-1,+\infty)$.