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Convergence of the penalty method applied to a constrained curve straightening flow
We apply the penalty method to the curve straightening flow of inextensible planar open curves generated by the Kirchhoff bending energy.Thus we consider the curve straightening flow of extensible planar open curves generated by a combination of the Kirchhoff bending energy and a functional penalizing deviations from unit arc-length.We start …