On regularity of maximal distance minimizers

Abstract

We study the properties of sets $\Sigma$ which are the solutions of the maximal distance minimizer problem, id est of sets having the minimal length (one-dimensional Hausdorff measure) over the class of closed connected sets $\Sigma \subset {\mathbb{R}}^2$ satisfying the inequality ${\max }_{y\in M}dist(y,\Sigma )\le r$ for a given compact set $M\subset {\mathbb{R}}^2$ and some given $r>0$. Such sets can be considered as the shortest networks of radiating cables arriving to each customer (from the set $M$ of customers) at a distance at most $r$. In this work it is proved that each maximal distance minimizer is a union of finite number of simple curves, having one-sided tangents at each point. Moreover the angle between these rays at each point of a maximal distance minimizer is greater or equal to $2\pi /3$. It shows that a maximal distance minimizer is isotopic to a finite Steiner tree even for a "bad" compact $M$, which differs it from a solution of the Steiner problem (there exists an example of a Steiner tree with an infinite number of branching points). Also we classify the behavior of a minimizer in a neighbourhood of an arbitrary point of $\Sigma$. In fact, all the results are proved for more general class of local minimizer, id est sets which are optimal in a neighbourhood of its arbitrary point.

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