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We consider a one dimensional periodic forward-backward parabolic equation, regularized by a non-linear fourth order term of order $\epsilon^2\ll 1$. This equation is known in the literature as Cahn-Hilliard equation with degenerate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Matias G. Delgadino

We study properly immersed ancient solutions of the codimension one mean curvature flow in $n$-dimensional Euclidean space, and classify the convex hulls of the subsets of space reached by any such flow. In particular, it follows that any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Francesco Chini , Niels Martin Møller

In this paper we investigate the rigidity of ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow with arbitrary codimension in space forms. We first prove that under certain sharp asymptotic pointwise curvature pinching condition the ancient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Li Lei , Hongwei Xu , Entao Zhao

We consider the sharp interface limit of a Navier-Stokes/Allen Cahn equation in a bounded smooth domain in two space dimensions, in the case of vanishing mobility $m_\varepsilon=\sqrt{\varepsilon}$, where the small parameter $\varepsilon>0$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-28 Helmut Abels , Mingwen Fei , Maximilian Moser

In this paper we consider the Allen-Cahn equation $$ -\Delta u = u-u^3 \ \mbox{in} \ {\mathbb R}^3 $$ We prove that for each $k\in\left( \sqrt{2},+\infty\right),$ there exists a solution to the equation which has growth rate $k$, i.e. $$ \|…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-23 Changfeng Gui , Yong Liu , Juncheng Wei

We analyze the sharp interface limit for the Allen-Cahn equation with an anisotropic, spatially periodic mobility coefficient and prove that the large-scale behavior of interfaces is determined by mean curvature flow with an effective…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Peter S. Morfe

For $n\geq 2$, we construct $I$-dimensional family of embedded ancient solutions to mean curvature flow arise from an unstable minimal hypersurface $\Sigma$ with finite total curvature in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, where $I$ is the Morse index of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Yongheng Han

Consider the Allen-Cahn equation on the $d$-dimensional torus, $d=2,3$, in the sharp interface limit. As it is well known, the limiting dynamics is described by the motion by mean curvature of the interface between the two stable phases.…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Lorenzo Bertini , Paolo Buttà , Adriano Pisante

We consider a mean curvature flow in a cylinder with Robin boundary conditions, which can be used to model the interface motion in singular limit problems of the Allen-Cahn equation with nonlinear boundary conditions. It was shown in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Xinfu Chen , Bendong Lou , Xiaoliu Wang , Lixia Yuan

We consider classical curvature flows: 1-parameter families of convex embeddings of the 2-sphere into Euclidean 3-space which evolve by an arbitrary (non-homogeneous) function of the radii of curvature. The associated flow of the radii of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Brendan Guilfoyle , Wilhelm Klingenberg

We first bound the codimension of an ancient mean curvature flow by the entropy. As a consequence, all blowups lie in a Euclidean subspace whose dimension is bounded by the entropy and dimension of the evolving submanifolds. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Tobias Holck Colding , William P. Minicozzi

This work considers the two-dimensional Allen-Cahn equation $$ \partial_t u = \frac{1}{2}\Delta u + \mathfrak{m}\, u -u^3\;, \quad u(0,x)= \eta (x)\;, \qquad \forall (t,x) \in [0, \infty) \times \mathbb{R}^{2} \;, $$ where the initial…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Simon Gabriel , Tommaso Rosati , Nikos Zygouras

In this paper we consider closed non-collapsed ancient solutions to the mean curvature flow ($n \ge 2$) which are uniformly two-convex. We prove that any two such ancient solutions are the same up to translations and scaling. In particular,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Sigurd B. Angenent , Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Natasa Sesum

A description of the short time behavior of solutions of the Allen-Cahn equation with a smoothened additive noise is presented. The key result is that in the sharp interface limit solutions move according to motion by mean curvature with an…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Hendrik Weber

We address the classification of ancient solutions to fully nonlinear curvature flows for hypersurfaces. Under natural conditions on the speed of motion we classify ancient solutions which are convex, noncollapsing, uniformly two-convex and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-06 A. Cogo , S. Lynch , O. Vičánek Martínez

The goal of this paper is to study the slow motion of solutions of the nonlocal Allen-Cahn equation in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, for $n > 1$. The initial data is assumed to be close to a configuration whose interface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Ryan Murray , Matteo Rinaldi

We study the gradient flow of the Allen-Cahn equation with fixed boundary contact angle in Euclidean domains for initial data with bounded energy. Under general assumptions, we establish both interior and boundary convergence properties for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-08 Kobe Marshall-Stevens , Mayu Takada , Yoshihiro Tonegawa , Myles Workman

The semi-linear, elliptic PDE $AC_{\varepsilon}(u):=-\varepsilon^2\Delta u+W'(u)=0$ is called the Allen-Cahn equation. In this article we will prove the existence of finite energy solution to the Allen-Cahn equation on certain complete,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Akashdeep Dey

In this paper, we consider a fully nonlinear curvature flow of a convex hypersurface in the Euclidean n-space. This flow involves k-th elementary symmetric function for principal curvature radii and a function of support function. Under…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Hongjie Ju , Boya Li , Yannan Liu

We propose a new weak solution concept for (two-phase) mean curvature flow which enjoys both (unconditional) existence and (weak-strong) uniqueness properties. These solutions are evolving varifolds, just as in Brakke's formulation, but are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Sebastian Hensel , Tim Laux