On the One-dimensional Singular Abreu Equations

Abstract

Singular fourth-order Abreu equations have been used to approximate minimizers of convex functionals subject to a convexity constraint in dimensions higher than or equal to two. For Abreu type equations, they often exhibit different solvability phenomena in dimension one and dimensions at least two. We prove the analogues of these results for the variational problem and singular Abreu equations in dimension one, and use the approximation scheme to obtain a characterization of limiting minimizers to the one-dimensional variational problem.

final version to appear in Applied Mathematics and Optimization