On breakdown of solutions of a constrained gradient system of total variation

A gradient system of total variation is considered for a mapping fromthe unit disk to the unit sphere in R^3. For a class of initial data it is shown that a solution of its Dirichlet problem loses its smoothness in finite time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hirotoshi Kuroda, Yoshikazu Giga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática 2004-07-01
Series:Boletim da Sociedade Paranaense de Matemática
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/BSocParanMat/article/view/7491/4310