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The parabolic Allen-Cahn equation is a semilinear partial differential equation linked to the mean curvature flow by a singular perturbation. We show an improved convergence property of the parabolic Allen-Cahn equation to the mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Huy The Nguyen , Shengwen Wang

We extend the recent rigorous convergence result of Abels and the second author (arXiv preprint 2105.08434) concerning convergence rates for solutions of the Allen-Cahn equation with a nonlinear Robin boundary condition towards evolution by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Sebastian Hensel , Maximilian Moser

We consider the Allen-Cahn equation $\partial_t u- \Delta u=u-u^3$ with a rapidly mixing Gaussian field as initial condition. We show that provided that the amplitude of the initial condition is not too large, the equation generates fronts…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Martin Hairer , Khoa Lê , Tommaso Rosati

We prove the existence of multiple solutions to the Allen--Cahn--Hilliard (ACH) vectorial equation (with two equations) involving a triple-well (triphasic) potential with a small volume constraint on a closed parallelizable Riemannian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-29 João Henrique Andrade , Jackeline Conrado , Stefano Nardulli , Paolo Piccione , Reinaldo Resende

This paper studies minimizing solutions to a two dimensional Allen-Cahn system on the upper half plane, subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions, \begin{equation*} \Delta u-\nabla_u W(u)=0, \quad u: \mathbb{R}_+^2\to \mathbb{R}^2,\ u=u_0…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Zhiyuan Geng

A diffused-interface approach based on the Allen-Cahn phase field equation is developed within a high-order Discontinuous Galerkin framework. The interface capturing technique is based on the balance between explicit diffusion and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-09 Niccolò Tonicello , Matthias Ihme

We consider an Allen-Cahn type equation with a bistable nonlinearity associated to a double-well potential whose well-depths can be slightly unbalanced, and where the coefficient of the nonlinear reaction term is very small. Given rather…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-17 Matthieu Alfaro , Danielle Hilhorst , Hiroshi Matano

We consider the Allen-Cahn equation with nonlinear anisotropic diffusion and derive anisotropic direction-dependent curvature flow under the sharp interface limit. The anisotropic curvature flow was already studied, but its derivation is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Tadahisa Funaki , Hyunjoon Park

We consider the initial value problem for the generalized Allen-Cahn equation, \[\partial_t \Phi = \Delta \Phi-\varepsilon^{-2} \Phi (\Phi^t \Phi - I), \qquad x \in \Omega, \ t\geq 0,\] where $\Phi$ is an $n\times n$ real matrix-valued…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Dong Wang , Braxton Osting , Xiao-Ping Wang

We will prove that solutions of the Allen-Cahn equations that satisfy the equipartition can be transformed into solutions of the Euler equations with constant pressure. As a consequence, we obtain De Giorgi type results, that is, the level…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Dimitrios Gazoulis

In this paper, we consider the sharp interface limit of a matrix-valued Allen-Cahn equation, which takes the form: $$\partial_t A=\Delta A-\varepsilon^{-2}( A A^{\mathrm{T}}A-…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Mingwen Fei , Fanghua Lin , Wei Wang , Zhifei Zhang

We study a singular limit problem of the Allen-Cahn equation with the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition on non-convex domains with smooth boundaries under suitable assumptions for initial data. The main result is the convergence of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-29 Takashi Kagaya

We study the Allen-Cahn equation with respect to a transport term in a bounded domain. We prove that the limit interface is the mean curvature flow with the transport term, given the condition that the energy is uniformly bounded with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Yuki Tsukamoto

In this paper, we investigate a system coupled by nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and Allen-Cahn equations describing a diffuse interface for two-phase flow of viscous fluids with different densities in a bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-06 Yinghua Li , Wenlin Ye

The Cahn-Hilliard and Ginzburg-Landau (Allen-Cahn) equations are derived from the second law. The intuitive approach by separation of full divergences is supported by a more rigorous method, based on Liu procedure and a constitutive entropy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-05-08 Peter Ván

In this paper we obtain rigidity results for a bounded non-constant entire solution $u$ of the Allen-Cahn equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$, whose level set $\{u=0\}$ is contained in a half-space. If $n\leq 3$ we prove that the solution must be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Francois Hamel , Yong Liu , Pieralberto Sicbaldi , Kelei Wang , Juncheng Wei

Relativistic field theory for a vector field on a curved space-time is considered assuming that the Lagrangian field density is quadratic and contains field derivatives of first order at most. By applying standard variational calculus, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-02 Roberto Dale , Alicia Herrero , Juan Antonio Morales-Lladosa

The free boundary Allen--Cahn equation $\Delta u=0$ in $\{|u|<1\}$, $|\nabla u|=1/\varepsilon$ on $\partial\{|u|<1\}$ has recently attracted considerable attention because it retains the essential features of the classical Allen--Cahn…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Jingeon An , Kiichi Tashiro

We consider numerical solutions for the Allen-Cahn equation with standard double well potential and periodic boundary conditions. Surprisingly it is found that using standard numerical discretizations with high precision computational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Dong Li , Chaoyu Quan , Tao Tang , Wen Yang

In this paper, we consider bounded positive solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation on complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds without boundary. We derive gradient estimates for those solutions. As an application, we get a Liouville type…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-13 Songbo Hou