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Transition layer for the heterogeneous Allen-Cahn equation

TitleTransition layer for the heterogeneous Allen-Cahn equation
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsMahmoudi, F, Malchiodi, A, Wei, J
JournalAnn. Inst. H. Poincare Anal. Non Lineaire 25 (2008) 609-631
Abstract

We consider the equation $\\\\e^{2}\\\\Delta u=(u-a(x))(u^2-1)$ in $\\\\Omega$, $\\\\frac{\\\\partial u}{\\\\partial \\\\nu} =0$ on $\\\\partial \\\\Omega$, where $\\\\Omega$ is a smooth and bounded domain in $\\\\R^n$, $\\\\nu$ the outer unit normal to $\\\\pa\\\\Omega$, and $a$ a smooth function satisfying $-10} and {a<0}. Assuming $\\\\nabla a \\\\neq 0$ on $K$ and $a\\\\ne 0$ on $\\\\partial \\\\Omega$, we show that there exists a sequence $\\\\e_j \\\\to 0$ such that the above equation has a solution $u_{\\\\e_j}$ which converges uniformly to $\\\\pm 1$ on the compact sets of $\\\\O_{\\\\pm}$ as $j \\\\to + \\\\infty$.

URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/2656
DOI10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.03.008

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