Allen-Cahn Solutions with Triple Junction Structure at Infinity

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Main Authors: Sandier, Étienne, Sternberg, Peter
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author Sandier, Étienne
Sternberg, Peter
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Sternberg, Peter
contents We construct an entire solution $U:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}^2$ to the elliptic system \[ ΔU=\nabla_uW(U), \] where $W:\mathbb{R}^2\to [0,\infty)$ is a `triple-well' potential. This solution is a local minimizer of the associated energy \[ \int \frac{1}{2}|\nabla U|^2+W(U)\,dx \] in the sense that $U$ minimizes the energy on any compact set among competitors agreeing with $U$ outside that set. Furthermore, we show that along subsequences, the `blowdowns' of $U$ given by $U_R(x):=U(Rx)$ approach a minimal triple junction as $R\to\infty$. Previous results had assumed various levels of symmetry for the potential and had not established local minimality, but here we make no such symmetry assumptions.
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spellingShingle Allen-Cahn Solutions with Triple Junction Structure at Infinity
Sandier, Étienne
Sternberg, Peter
Analysis of PDEs
We construct an entire solution $U:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}^2$ to the elliptic system \[ ΔU=\nabla_uW(U), \] where $W:\mathbb{R}^2\to [0,\infty)$ is a `triple-well' potential. This solution is a local minimizer of the associated energy \[ \int \frac{1}{2}|\nabla U|^2+W(U)\,dx \] in the sense that $U$ minimizes the energy on any compact set among competitors agreeing with $U$ outside that set. Furthermore, we show that along subsequences, the `blowdowns' of $U$ given by $U_R(x):=U(Rx)$ approach a minimal triple junction as $R\to\infty$. Previous results had assumed various levels of symmetry for the potential and had not established local minimality, but here we make no such symmetry assumptions.
title Allen-Cahn Solutions with Triple Junction Structure at Infinity
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13474