On the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion: the non-convex case
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| author | Conti, Monica Gatti, Stefania Giorgini, Andrea Schimperna, Giulio |
| author_facet | Conti, Monica Gatti, Stefania Giorgini, Andrea Schimperna, Giulio |
| contents | We investigate the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion and non-degenerate mobility modeling phase separation phenomena in complex systems (e.g., crystals and polymers). Previous results in the literature on this model relied on the strong convexity assumption of the gradient part of the energy, which excludes relevant cases. In this work, we remove the convexity condition and establish new qualitative properties of solutions under general assumptions on the diffusion and mobility functions. In two spatial dimensions, we prove uniqueness of weak solutions, their smoothing effect for positive times, and convergence to equilibrium as time tends to infinity. In three dimensions, we show local well-posedness of strong solutions for arbitrary initial data and global existence for data close to energy minimizers, yielding a Lyapunov stability principle. A key ingredient of our analysis is a Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality tailored to the nonlinear diffusion case, which enables us to characterize the longtime dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | On the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion: the non-convex case Conti, Monica Gatti, Stefania Giorgini, Andrea Schimperna, Giulio Analysis of PDEs We investigate the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion and non-degenerate mobility modeling phase separation phenomena in complex systems (e.g., crystals and polymers). Previous results in the literature on this model relied on the strong convexity assumption of the gradient part of the energy, which excludes relevant cases. In this work, we remove the convexity condition and establish new qualitative properties of solutions under general assumptions on the diffusion and mobility functions. In two spatial dimensions, we prove uniqueness of weak solutions, their smoothing effect for positive times, and convergence to equilibrium as time tends to infinity. In three dimensions, we show local well-posedness of strong solutions for arbitrary initial data and global existence for data close to energy minimizers, yielding a Lyapunov stability principle. A key ingredient of our analysis is a Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality tailored to the nonlinear diffusion case, which enables us to characterize the longtime dynamics. |
| title | On the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion: the non-convex case |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08287 |