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De Giorgi's inequality for the thresholding scheme with arbitrary mobilities and surface tensions

Analysis of PDEs 2021-01-29 v1

Abstract

We provide a new convergence proof of the celebrated Merriman-Bence-Osher scheme for multiphase mean curvature flow. Our proof applies to the new variant incorporating a general class of surface tensions and mobilities, including typical choices for modeling grain growth. The basis of the proof are the minimizing movements interpretation of Esedo\u{g}lu and Otto and De Giorgi's general theory of gradient flows. Under a typical energy convergence assumption we show that the limit satisfies a sharp energy-dissipation relation.

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@article{arxiv.2101.11663,
  title  = {De Giorgi's inequality for the thresholding scheme with arbitrary mobilities and surface tensions},
  author = {Tim Laux and Jona Lelmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.11663},
  year   = {2021}
}
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