01148nas a2200121   4500008004300000245006300043210006200106520076200168100002000930700002200950700001800972856003600990       2008                        en_Ud  00aTransition layer for the heterogeneous Allen-Cahn equation0 aTransition layer for the heterogeneous AllenCahn equation3 aWe 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 $-1<a(x)<1$ in $\\\\ov{\\\\Omega}$. We set $K$, $\\\\Omega_+$ and $\\\\Omega_-$ to be respectively the zero-level set of $a$, {a>0} 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 $j \\\\to + \\\\infty$.1 aMahmoudi, Fethi1 aMalchiodi, Andrea1 aWei, Juncheng  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/2656