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Explicit Infinity-Harmonic Maps whose Interfaces have Junctions and Corners

Analysis of PDEs 2013-03-08 v1

Abstract

Given a map u:\OmRn\larrowRNu : \Om \sub \R^n \larrow \R^N, the \infty-Laplacian is the system \label1\Deu:=(Du\otDu+Du2[Du] \otI):D2u=0(1) \label{1} \De_\infty u \, :=\, \Big(Du \ot Du + |Du|^2 [Du]^\bot \ \ot I \Big) : D^2 u\, = \, 0 \tag{1} and arises as the "Euler-Lagrange PDE" of the supremal functional E(u,\Om)=DuL(\Om).E_\infty(u,\Om)= \|Du\|_{L^\infty(\Om)}. \eqref{1} is the model PDE of vector-valued Calculus of Variations in LL^\infty and first appeared in the author's recent work \cite{K1,K2,K3}. Solutions to \eqref{1} present a natural phase separation with qualitatively different behaviour on each phase. Moreover, on the interfaces the coefficients of \eqref{1} are discontinuous. Herein we constuct new explicit smooth solutions for n=N=2n=N=2 for which the interfaces have triple junctions and nonsmooth corners. The high complexity of these solutions provides further understanding of the PDE \eqref{1} and shows there can be no regularity theory of interfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1303.1720,
  title  = {Explicit Infinity-Harmonic Maps whose Interfaces have Junctions and Corners},
  author = {Nicholas Katzourakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1720},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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