This paper deals with the existence and the regularity of state function u in an N-dimensional shape optimization problem. We use a variational approach to get the existence of a solution u of a variational problem. Then we prove a Lipschitz continuity result of u by a penalization argument

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Mohammed Hayouni

Université Henri Poincaré, Institut Elie Cartan, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
and: UMR CNRS 9973, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

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M. Hayouni. “Lipschitz Continuity of the State Function in a Shape Optimization Problem.” Journal of Convex Analysis 6 (1999), No. 1, 71–90. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca06006