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Reinforcement problems for variational inequalities on fractal sets

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The aim of this paper is to study reinforcement problems for variational inequalities of the obstacle type on fractal sets.

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The authors wish to thank the referee for many suggestions. The work was partially supported by Grant “Sapienza” 2013. The authors are members of GNAMPA (INdAM).

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Capitanelli, R., Vivaldi, M.A. Reinforcement problems for variational inequalities on fractal sets. Calc. Var. 54, 2751–2783 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-015-0882-6

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