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Main Authors: Del Nin, Giacomo, De Luca, Lucia
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20439
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author Del Nin, Giacomo
De Luca, Lucia
author_facet Del Nin, Giacomo
De Luca, Lucia
contents We consider a variant of the sticky disk energy where distances between particles are evaluated through the sup norm $\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty$ in the plane. We first prove crystallization of minimizers in the square lattice, for any fixed number $N$ of particles. Then we consider the limit as $N\to\infty$: in contrast to the standard sticky disk, there is only one orientation in the limit, and we are able to compute explicitly the $Γ$-limit to be an anisotropic perimeter with octagonal Wulff shape. The results are based on an energy decomposition for graphs that generalizes the one proved by De Luca-Friesecke [J. Nonlinear Sci. 28 (2018), 69-90] in the triangular case.
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spellingShingle The square sticky disk: crystallization and Gamma-convergence to the octagonal anisotropic perimeter
Del Nin, Giacomo
De Luca, Lucia
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
49J45 (primary), 05C10, 70C20, 82D25 (secondary)
We consider a variant of the sticky disk energy where distances between particles are evaluated through the sup norm $\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty$ in the plane. We first prove crystallization of minimizers in the square lattice, for any fixed number $N$ of particles. Then we consider the limit as $N\to\infty$: in contrast to the standard sticky disk, there is only one orientation in the limit, and we are able to compute explicitly the $Γ$-limit to be an anisotropic perimeter with octagonal Wulff shape. The results are based on an energy decomposition for graphs that generalizes the one proved by De Luca-Friesecke [J. Nonlinear Sci. 28 (2018), 69-90] in the triangular case.
title The square sticky disk: crystallization and Gamma-convergence to the octagonal anisotropic perimeter
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
49J45 (primary), 05C10, 70C20, 82D25 (secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20439