The linear Cahn-Hilliard equation with an interface

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Auteurs principaux: Chatziafratis, Andreas, Miranville, Alain, Ozawa, Tohru
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author Chatziafratis, Andreas
Miranville, Alain
Ozawa, Tohru
author_facet Chatziafratis, Andreas
Miranville, Alain
Ozawa, Tohru
contents We obtain new integral representations, expressed as contour integrals in the complex Fourier plane, for the solution of fully nonhomogeneous interface problems for the linearized Cahn-Hilliard equation with arbitrary initial data on the line and general interface conditions prescribed at the origin. Cahn-Hilliard-type models emerge in applied mathematics in connection to a spectacular variety of phenomena of mathematical physics, continuum mechanics, chemistry and biology. A novel implementation of Fokas' unified transform method is in force herein for a fourth-order operator for the first time, with particular challenges arising due to the nature and the generality of the problems under consideration. Our explicit formulae directly lend themselves to exploration of the solution's qualitative properties such as regularity and asymptotic behavior. This work is also useful in the investigation of well-posedness for nonlinear counterparts as well as in the study of free-boundary and diffuse-interface problems.
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spellingShingle The linear Cahn-Hilliard equation with an interface
Chatziafratis, Andreas
Miranville, Alain
Ozawa, Tohru
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Complex Variables
We obtain new integral representations, expressed as contour integrals in the complex Fourier plane, for the solution of fully nonhomogeneous interface problems for the linearized Cahn-Hilliard equation with arbitrary initial data on the line and general interface conditions prescribed at the origin. Cahn-Hilliard-type models emerge in applied mathematics in connection to a spectacular variety of phenomena of mathematical physics, continuum mechanics, chemistry and biology. A novel implementation of Fokas' unified transform method is in force herein for a fourth-order operator for the first time, with particular challenges arising due to the nature and the generality of the problems under consideration. Our explicit formulae directly lend themselves to exploration of the solution's qualitative properties such as regularity and asymptotic behavior. This work is also useful in the investigation of well-posedness for nonlinear counterparts as well as in the study of free-boundary and diffuse-interface problems.
title The linear Cahn-Hilliard equation with an interface
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Complex Variables
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20130