A compactness result for a second-order variational discrete model
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 46 (2012) no. 2, p. 389-410

We analyze a nonlinear discrete scheme depending on second-order finite differences. This is the two-dimensional analog of a scheme which in one dimension approximates a free-discontinuity energy proposed by Blake and Zisserman as a higher-order correction of the Mumford and Shah functional. In two dimension we give a compactness result showing that the continuous problem approximating this difference scheme is still defined on special functions with bounded hessian, and we give an upper and a lower bound in terms of the Blake and Zisserman energy. We prove a sharp bound by exhibiting the discrete-to-continuous Γ-limit for a special class of functions, showing the appearance new ‘shear' terms in the energy, which are a genuinely two-dimensional effect.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2011043
Classification:  49J45,  49Q20,  68U10,  65D19,  65M06
Keywords: computer vision, finite-difference schemes, gamma-convergence, free-discontinuity problems
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Braides, Andrea; Defranceschi, Anneliese; Vitali, Enrico. A compactness result for a second-order variational discrete model. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 46 (2012) no. 2, pp. 389-410. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2011043. http://www.numdam.org/item/M2AN_2012__46_2_389_0/

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