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Optimal Shape Design Problems for a Class of Systems Described by Hemivariational Inequalities

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Optimal shape design problems for systems governed by an elliptic hemivariational inequality are considered. A general existence result for this problem is established by the mapping method.

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Denkowski, Z., Migórski, S. Optimal Shape Design Problems for a Class of Systems Described by Hemivariational Inequalities. Journal of Global Optimization 12, 37–59 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008299801203

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