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This paper examines the well-posedness of the Stefan problem with a dynamic boundary condition. To show the existence of the weak solution, the original problem is approximated by a limit of an equation and dynamic boundary condition of…

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We obtain strict stability inequalities for homogeneous solutions of the one-phase Bernoulli problem. We prove that in dimension $7$ and above, cohomogeneity one solutions with bi-orthogonal symmetry are strictly stable. As a consequence,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Benjy Firester , Raphael Tsiamis , Yipeng Wang

We study the weak limits of solutions to SDEs \[dX_n(t)=a_n\bigl(X_n(t)\bigr)\,dt+dW(t),\] where the sequence $\{a_n\}$ converges in some sense to $(c_- 1\mkern-4.5mu\mathrm{l}_{x<0}+c_+ 1\mkern-4.5mu\mathrm{l}_{x>0})/x+\gamma\delta_0$.…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-23 Andrey Pilipenko , Yuriy Prykhodko

In this paper, we characterize the geometry of solutions to one-phase inhomogeneous fully nonlinear Stefan problem with flat free boundaries under a new nondegeneracy assumption. This continues the study of regularity of flat free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-18 Fausto Ferrari , Davide Giovagnoli , David Jesus

We establish the local continuity of locally bounded weak solutions (temperatures) to the doubly singular parabolic equation modeling the phase transition of a material: \[ \partial_t \beta(u)-\Delta_p u\ni 0\quad\text{ for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Naian Liao

In this paper a 3-phase Stefan problem solution method for 1D semi-infinity alloy is developed. The problem is first solved for full enthalpy of the system and then the thermal diffusivity has been eliminated from the divergence operator by…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Evgeniy N. Kondrashov

The classical one-phase Stefan problem (without surface tension) allows for a continuum of steady state solutions, given by an arbitrary (but sufficiently smooth) domain together with zero temperature. We prove global-in-time stability of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-01-05 Mahir Hadžić , Steve Shkoller

We study a multiscale stochastic optimal control problem subject to state constraints on the slow variable. To address this class of problems, we develop a rigorous theoretical framework based on singular perturbation analysis, tailored to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Anderson O. Calixto , Bernardo Freitas Paulo da Costa , Glauco Valle

We present a finite-element approximation for the one-sided Stefan problem and the one-sided Mullins--Sekerka problem, respectively. The problems feature a fully anisotropic Gibbs--Thomson law, as well as kinetic undercooling. Our…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-03-25 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

This paper presents results for the sampled-data boundary feedback control to the Stefan problem. The Stefan problem represents a liquid-solid phase change phenomenon which describes the time evolution of a material's temperature profile…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Shumon Koga , Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

This study investigates the melting process of a three-phase Stefan problem in a semi-infinite material, imposing a convective boundary condition at the fixed face. By employing a similarity-type transformation, the problem is reduced to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Julieta Bollati , María Fernanda Natale , José Abel Semitiel , Domingo Alberto Tarzia

We consider a family of multi-phase Stefan problems for a certain 1-d model of cell-to-cell adhesion and diffusion, which takes the form of a nonlinear forward-backward parabolic equation. In each material phase the cell density stays…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-08-04 K. Anguige

The supercooled Stefan problem and its variants describe the freezing of a supercooled liquid in physics, as well as the large system limits of systemic risk models in finance and of integrate-and-fire models in neuroscience. Adopting the…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-03-21 Vadim Kaushansky , Christoph Reisinger , Mykhaylo Shkolnikov , Zhuo Qun Song

We study the vanishing viscosity limit of a nonlinear diffusion equation describing chemical reaction interface or the spatial segregation interface of competing species, where the diffusion rate for the negative part of the solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-11 Kelei Wang

The one-dimensional (1D) Stefan problem is a prototypical heat and mass transfer problem that analyzes the temperature distribution in a material undergoing phase change. In addition, it describes the evolution of the phase change front…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-10 Mehran Soleimani , Kimmo Koponen , Nils Tilton , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

We consider a neutral self-interacting massive scalar field defined in a d-dimensional Euclidean space. Assuming thermal equilibrium, we discuss the one-loop perturbative renormalization of this theory in the presence of rigid boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 N. F. Svaiter

Many metal manufacturing processes involve phase change phenomena, which include melting, boiling, and vaporization. These phenomena often occur concurrently. A prototypical 1D model for understanding the phase change phenomena is the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-11 Yavkreet Swami , Jacob Barajas , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

We prove nonlinear asymptotic stability of steady spheres in the two-phase Stefan problem with surface tension. Our method relies on the introduction of appropriate orthogonality conditions in conjunction with a high-order energy method.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Mahir Hadzic

In this paper we consider two different Stefan problems for a semi-infinite material for the non classical heat equation with a source which depends on the heat flux at the fixed face x = 0. One of them (with constant temperature on x = 0)…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Julieta Bollati , Maria F. Natale , Jose A. Semitiel , Domingo A. Tarzia

We study the one-phase one-dimensional supercooled Stefan problem with oscillatory initial conditions. In this context, the global existence of so-called physical solutions has been shown recently in [CRSF20], despite the presence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Scander Mustapha , Mykhaylo Shkolnikov