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Semilinear integro-differential equations, II: one-dimensional and saddle-shaped solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation

Analysis of PDEs 2021-03-25 v3

Abstract

This paper addresses saddle-shaped solutions to the semilinear equation LKu=f(u)L_K u = f(u) in R2m\mathbb{R}^{2m}, where LKL_K is a linear elliptic integro-differential operator with a radially symmetric kernel KK, and ff is of Allen-Cahn type. Saddle-shaped solutions are doubly radial, odd with respect to the Simons cone {(x,x)Rm×Rm:x=x}\{(x', x'') \in \mathbb{R}^m \times \mathbb{R}^m \, : \, |x'| = |x''|\}, and vanish only in this set. We establish the uniqueness and the asymptotic behavior of the saddle-shaped solution. For this, we prove a Liouville type result, the one-dimensional symmetry of positive solutions to semilinear problems in a half-space, and maximum principles in "narrow" sets. The existence of the solution was already proved in part I of this work.

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@article{arxiv.1905.11431,
  title  = {Semilinear integro-differential equations, II: one-dimensional and saddle-shaped solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation},
  author = {Juan-Carlos Felipe-Navarro and Tomás Sanz-Perela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11431},
  year   = {2021}
}

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To appear in Mathematics in Engineering