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We consider the wave equation $\varepsilon^2(-\partial_t^2 + \Delta)u + f(u) = 0$ for $0<\varepsilon\ll 1$, where $f$ is the derivative of a balanced, double-well potential, the model case being $f(u) = u-u^3$. For equations of this form,…
We consider the parabolic Allen-Cahn equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 2$, $$u_t= \Delta u + (1-u^2)u \quad \hbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^n \times (-\infty, 0].$$ We construct an ancient radially symmetric solution $u(x,t)$ with any given number…
This paper considers a one-dimensional generalized Allen-Cahn equation of the form \[ u_t = \varepsilon^2 (D(u)u_x)_x - f(u), \] where $\varepsilon>0$ is constant, $D=D(u)$ is a positive, uniformly bounded below diffusivity coefficient that…
We consider the sharp interface limit of the Allen-Cahn equation with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition in a two-dimensional domain $\Omega$, in the situation where an interface has developed and intersects $\partial\Omega$. Here a…
It is known that there is a strong relation between the parabolic Allen--Cahn equation and the mean curvature flow, in the sense that the parabolic Allen--Cahn equation can be considered as a ``diffused" mean curvature flow. In this work,…
The generalized Allen-Cahn equation, \[ u_t=\varepsilon^2(D(u)u_x)_x-\frac{\varepsilon^2}2D'(u)u_x^2-F'(u), \] with nonlinear diffusion, $D = D(u)$, and potential, $F = F(u)$, of the form \[ D(u) = |1-u^2|^{m}, \quad \text{or} \quad D(u) =…
Phase-field models such as the Allen-Cahn equation may give rise to the formation and evolution of geometric shapes, a phenomenon that may be analyzed rigorously in suitable scaling regimes. In its sharp-interface limit, the vectorial…
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…
In this paper, we study the asymptotic limit, as $\varepsilon\to 0$, of solutions to a vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation $$ \partial_t u = \Delta u - \frac{1}{\varepsilon^2} \partial_u F(u), $$ where $u: \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^m \to…
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…
We consider the sharp interface limit for the scalar-valued and vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ of arbitrary dimension $N\geq 2$ in the situation when a…
We consider a mass conserved Allen-Cahn equation $u_t=\Delta u+ \e^{-2} (f(u)-\e\lambda(t))$ in a bounded domain with no flux boundary condition, where $\e\lambda(t)$ is the average of $f(u(\cdot,t))$ and $-f$ is the derivative of a double…
We study the singular limit of a spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic reaction-diffusion equation. We use a Finsler metric related to the anisotropic diffusion term and work in relative geometry. We prove a weak comparison principle and…
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…
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…
We study the sharp interface limit of the fractional Allen-Cahn equation $$ \varepsilon \partial_t u^{\varepsilon} = \mathcal{I}^s_n [u^{\varepsilon}] -\frac{1}{\varepsilon ^{2s}} W'(u^\varepsilon) \quad…
We study perturbations of the Allen-Cahn equation and prove the convergence to forced mean curvature flow in the sharp interface limit. We allow for perturbations that are square-integrable with respect to the diffuse surface area measure.…
We consider the reduced Allen-Cahn action functional, which appears as the sharp interface limit of the Allen-Cahn action functional and can be understood as a formal action functional for a stochastically perturbed mean curvature flow. For…
We analyze the continuum limit of a thresholding algorithm for motion by mean curvature of one dimensional interfaces in various space-time discrete regimes. The algorithm can be viewed as a time-splitting scheme for the Allen-Cahn equation…
We consider a nonlinear damped hyperbolic reaction-diffusion system in a bounded interval of the real line with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions and we study the metastable dynamics of the solutions. Using an "energy approach"…