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Matteo Novaga

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Gamma-entropy cost for scalar conservation laws

We are concerned with a control problem related to the vanishing viscosity approximation to scalar conservation laws. We investigate the $Γ$-convergence of the control cost functional, as the viscosity coefficient tends to zero. A first order $Γ$-limit is established, which characterizes the measure-valued solutions to the conservation laws as the zeros of the $Γ$-limit. A second order $Γ$-limit is then investigated, providing a characterization of entropic solutions to conservation laws as the zeros of the $Γ$-limit.

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Singular Perturbations of Mean Curvature Flow

We introduce a regularization method for mean curvature flow of a submanifold of arbitrary codimension in the Euclidean space, through higher order equations. We prove that the regularized problems converge to the mean curvature flow for all times before the first singularity.

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Motion by Curvature of Planar Networks

We consider the motion by curvature of a network of smooth curves with multiple junctions in the plane, that is, the geometric gradient flow associated to the length functional. Such a flow represents the evolution of a two--dimensional multiphase system where the energy is simply the sum of the lengths of the interfaces, in particular it is a possible model for the growth of grain boundaries. Moreover, the motion of these networks of curves is the simplest example of curvature flow for sets which are ``essentially'' non regular. As a first step, in this paper we study in detail the case of three curves in the plane concurring at a single triple junction and with the other ends fixed. We show some results about the existence, uniqueness and, in particular, the global regularity of the flow, following the line of analysis carried on in the last years for the evolution by mean curvature of smooth curves and hypersurfaces.

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