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Periodic solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation in the plane

Analysis of PDEs 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

In this paper we construct entire solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation Δ(Δu+W(u))+W"(u)(Δu+W(u))=0-\Delta(-\Delta u+W^{'}(u))+W^{"}(u)(-\Delta u+W^{'}(u))=0 in the Euclidean plane, where W(u)W(u) is the standard double-well potential 14(1u2)2\frac{1}{4} (1-u^2)^2. Such solutions have a non-trivial profile that shadows a Willmore planar curve, and converge uniformly to ±1\pm 1 as x2±x_2 \to \pm \infty. These solutions give a counterexample to the counterpart of Gibbons' conjecture for the fourth-order counterpart of the Allen-Cahn equation. We also study the x2x_2-derivative of these solutions using the special structure of Willmore's equation.

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@article{arxiv.1705.05607,
  title  = {Periodic solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation in the plane},
  author = {Andrea Malchiodi and Rainer Mandel and Matteo Rizzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.05607},
  year   = {2018}
}