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For a given domain $Omega subset Bbb{R}^n$, we consider the variational problem of minimizing the $L^1$-norm of the gradient on $Omega$ of a function $u$ with prescribed continuous boundary values and satisfying a continuous lower obstacle condition $uge Psi$ inside $Omega$. Under the assumption of strictly positive mean curvature of the boundary $partialOmega$, we show existence of a continuous solution, with Holder exponent half of that of data and obstacle. This generalizes previous results obtained for the unconstrained and double-obstacle problems. The main new feature in the present analysis is the need to extend various maximum principles from the case of two area-minimizing sets to the case of one sub- and one superminimizing set. This we accomplish subject to a weak regularity assumption on one of the sets, sufficient to carry out the analysis. Interesting open questions include the uniqueness of solutions and a complete analysis of the regularity properties of area superminimizing sets. We provide some preliminary results in the latter direction, namely a new monotonicity principle for superminimizing sets, and the existence of ``foamy superminimizers in two dimensions.
We study two notions of Dirichlet problem associated with BV energy minimizers (also called functions of least gradient) in bounded domains in metric measure spaces whose measure is doubling and supports a $(1,1)$-Poincare inequality. Since one of th
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