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The vanishing viscosity process for an eikonal equation in the radially symmetric setting

Analysis of PDEs 2025-08-20 v1

Abstract

We study the vanishing viscosity method for the eikonal equation Du=V|Du|=V in B(0,1)B(0,1) with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value condition. By assuming VV is radially symmetric and restricting attention to radially symmetric solutions, we construct explicit formulas for both the viscous solution uϵu^{\epsilon} and the limiting solution uu. We prove uϵuu^{\epsilon}\rightarrow u as ϵ0+\epsilon \rightarrow 0^+ qualitatively and quantitatively derive an ϵlogϵ\epsilon |\log \epsilon| type local convergence rate. Finally, we discuss the uniqueness of viscosity solutions for the eikonal equation and give some examples.

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@article{arxiv.2508.13230,
  title  = {The vanishing viscosity process for an eikonal equation in the radially symmetric setting},
  author = {Fanchen Meng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.13230},
  year   = {2025}
}