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Existence of a solution to a vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation with a three well potential

Analysis of PDEs 2008-12-05 v2

Abstract

In this paper we prove existence of a vector-valued solution vv to -\Delta v +\frac{\nabla_v W(v)}{2}&=0, \lim_{r\to \infty}v(r \cos\theta,r\sin\theta)&= c_i \hbox{for} \theta \in (\theta_{i-1}, \theta_i), where W:\rr2\rrW:\rr^2\to \rr is non-negative function that attains its minimum 0 at {ci}i=13\{c_i\}_{i=1}^3 and the angles θi\theta_i are determined by the function WW. This solution is an energy minimizer.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702662,
  title  = {Existence of a solution to a vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation with a three well potential},
  author = {Mariel Saez Trumper},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702662},
  year   = {2008}
}

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