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Density estimates for a (non)local variational model with degenerate double-well potential

Analysis of PDEs 2025-06-30 v1

Abstract

In this paper we provide density estimates for a class of functions which includes all the minimizers of the energy Esp(u,Ω):=(1s)(12ΩΩu(x)u(y)pxyn+spdxdy+ΩRnΩu(x)u(y)pxyn+spdxdy)+ΩW(u(x))dx,\mathcal{E}_s^p(u,\Omega):=(1-s)\left(\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}\int_{\Omega}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^p}{|x-y|^{n+sp}}\,dx\,dy +\int_{\Omega}\int_{\mathbb{R}^n \setminus \Omega}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^p}{|x-y|^{n+sp}}\,dx\,dy\right)+\int_{\Omega}W(u(x))\,dx, where p(1,+)p\in (1,+\infty), s(0,1)s \in \left(0,1\right) and WW is a double-well potential with polynomial growth m[p,+)m\in \left[p,+\infty\right) from the minima. The nonlocal estimates obtained are uniform as s1s\to1. Moreover, making use of a Γ\Gamma-convergence result for Esp\mathcal{E}_s^p as s1s\to 1, we obtain density estimates for the minimizers of the limit energy functional, which takes the form E1p(u,Ω):=Kn,p2pΩu(x)p+ΩW(u(x))dx,\mathcal{E}_1^p(u,\Omega):=\frac{K_{n,p}}{2p}\int_{\Omega} \left|\nabla u(x)\right|^p+\int_{\Omega} W(u(x))\,dx, for a suitable Kn,p(0,+)K_{n,p}\in (0,+\infty).

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@article{arxiv.2506.22193,
  title  = {Density estimates for a (non)local variational model with degenerate double-well potential},
  author = {Serena Dipierro and Alberto Farina and Giovanni Giacomin and Enrico Valdinoci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22193},
  year   = {2025}
}

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