Uniqueness of the Cheeger set of a convex body

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-44

  Alter, François ^a   Caselles, Vicent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cheeger set; Convex set; Mean curvature; Set of finite perimeter

Indexed keywords

CHEEGER SET; CONVEX BODIES; CONVEX SET; CONVEX SETS; MEAN CURVATURE; SET OF FINITE PERIMETER;

SET THEORY;

EID: 55549132662     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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