Convergence to the planar interface for a nonlocal free-boundary evolution

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Autori principali: Otto, Felix, Schubert, Richard, Westdickenberg, Maria G.
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author Otto, Felix
Schubert, Richard
Westdickenberg, Maria G.
author_facet Otto, Felix
Schubert, Richard
Westdickenberg, Maria G.
contents We capture optimal decay for the Mullins-Sekerka evolution, a nonlocal, parabolic free boundary problem from materials science. Our main result establishes convergence of BV solutions to the planar profile in the physically relevant case of ambient space dimension three. Far from assuming small or well-prepared initial data, we allow for initial interfaces that do not have graph structure and are not connected, hence explicitly including the regime of Ostwald ripening. In terms only of initially finite (not small) excess mass and excess surface energy, we establish that the surface becomes a Lipschitz graph within a fixed timescale (quantitatively estimated) and remains trapped within this setting. To obtain the graph structure, we leverage regularity results from geometric measure theory. At the same time, we extend a duality method previously employed for one-dimensional PDE problems to higher dimensional, nonlocal geometric evolutions. Optimal algebraic decay rates of excess energy, dissipation, and graph height are obtained.
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spellingShingle Convergence to the planar interface for a nonlocal free-boundary evolution
Otto, Felix
Schubert, Richard
Westdickenberg, Maria G.
Analysis of PDEs
53E10, 35K55 (Primary) 49Q20, 53E40, 58J35 (Secondary)
We capture optimal decay for the Mullins-Sekerka evolution, a nonlocal, parabolic free boundary problem from materials science. Our main result establishes convergence of BV solutions to the planar profile in the physically relevant case of ambient space dimension three. Far from assuming small or well-prepared initial data, we allow for initial interfaces that do not have graph structure and are not connected, hence explicitly including the regime of Ostwald ripening. In terms only of initially finite (not small) excess mass and excess surface energy, we establish that the surface becomes a Lipschitz graph within a fixed timescale (quantitatively estimated) and remains trapped within this setting. To obtain the graph structure, we leverage regularity results from geometric measure theory. At the same time, we extend a duality method previously employed for one-dimensional PDE problems to higher dimensional, nonlocal geometric evolutions. Optimal algebraic decay rates of excess energy, dissipation, and graph height are obtained.
title Convergence to the planar interface for a nonlocal free-boundary evolution
topic Analysis of PDEs
53E10, 35K55 (Primary) 49Q20, 53E40, 58J35 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14215