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1D symmetry for semilinear PDEs from the limit interface of the solution

Analysis of PDEs 2014-10-14 v1

Abstract

We study bounded, monotone solutions ofΔu=W(u)\Delta u=W'(u) in the whole ofRn\R^n, whereWW is a double-well potential. We prove that under suitable assumptions on the limit interface and on the energy growth, uu is 11D. In particular, differently from the previous literature, the solution is not assumed to have minimal properties and the cases studied lie outside the range of Γ\Gamma-convergence methods. We think that this approach could be fruitful in concrete situations, where one can observe the phase separation at a large scale and whishes to deduce the values of the state parameter in the vicinity of the interface. As a simple example of the results obtained with this point of view, we mention that monotone solutions with energy bounds, whose limit interface does not contain a vertical line through the origin, are 11D, at least up to dimension 4.

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@article{arxiv.1410.3206,
  title  = {1D symmetry for semilinear PDEs from the limit interface of the solution},
  author = {Alberto Farina and Enrico Valdinoci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3206},
  year   = {2014}
}