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Main Authors: Chan, Hardy, Freguglia, Mattia, Inversi, Marco
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06102
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author Chan, Hardy
Freguglia, Mattia
Inversi, Marco
author_facet Chan, Hardy
Freguglia, Mattia
Inversi, Marco
contents We propose a possible nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional, in the sense of Gamma-convergence, based on the first variation ot the fractional Allen-Cahn energies, and we prove the corresponding $Γ$-limsup estimate. Our analysis is based on the expansion of the fractional Laplacian in Fermi coordinates and fine estimates on the decay of higher order derivatives of the one-dimensional nonlocal optimal profile. This result is the nonlocal counterpart of that obtained by Bellettini and Paolini, where they proposed a phase-field approximation of the Willmore functional based on the first variation of the (local) Allen-Cahn energies.
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spellingShingle $Γ$-Limsup estimate for a nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional
Chan, Hardy
Freguglia, Mattia
Inversi, Marco
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Optimization and Control
49J45, 26A33, 35R11
We propose a possible nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional, in the sense of Gamma-convergence, based on the first variation ot the fractional Allen-Cahn energies, and we prove the corresponding $Γ$-limsup estimate. Our analysis is based on the expansion of the fractional Laplacian in Fermi coordinates and fine estimates on the decay of higher order derivatives of the one-dimensional nonlocal optimal profile. This result is the nonlocal counterpart of that obtained by Bellettini and Paolini, where they proposed a phase-field approximation of the Willmore functional based on the first variation of the (local) Allen-Cahn energies.
title $Γ$-Limsup estimate for a nonlocal approximation of the Willmore functional
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Optimization and Control
49J45, 26A33, 35R11
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06102