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In this paper, we propose and analyze an explicit time-stepping scheme for a spatial discretization of stochastic Cahn--Hilliard equation with additive noise. The fully discrete approximation combines a spectral Galerkin method in space…
We consider the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation with additive noise term $\varepsilon^\gamma g\, \dot{W}$ ($\gamma >0$) that scales with the interfacial width parameter $\varepsilon$. We verify strong error estimates for a gradient flow…
In this paper we consider a mass- and energy--conserving Crank-Nicolson time discretization for a general class of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations. This scheme, which enjoys popularity in the physics community due to its conservation…
To solve the Cahn-Hilliard equation numerically, a new time integration algorithm is proposed, which is based on a combination of the Eyre splitting and the local iteration modified (LIM) scheme. The latter is employed to tackle the…
Numerical analysis for the stochastic Stokes equations is still challenging even though it has been well done for the corresponding deterministic equations. In particular, the pre-existing error estimates of finite element methods for the…
We establish the Hyers-Ulam stability of a second-order linear Hill-type $h$-difference equation with a periodic coefficient. Using results from first-order $h$-difference equations with periodic coefficient of arbitrary order, both…
In this paper, we investigate a distributed optimal control problem for a convective viscous Cahn-Hilliard system with dynamic boundary conditions. Such systems govern phase separation processes between two phases taking place in an…
In this paper, we study initial-boundary value problems for the Cahn--Hilliard system with convection and nonconvex potential, where dynamic boundary conditions are assumed for both the associated order parameter and the corresponding…
We propose and analyze a linearly stabilized semi-implicit diffusive Crank--Nicolson scheme for the Cahn--Hilliard gradient flow. In this scheme, the nonlinear bulk force is treated explicitly with two second-order stabilization terms. This…
In the present work, we address a class of Cahn-Hilliard equations characterized by a nonlinear diffusive dynamics and possibly containing an additional sixth order term. This model describes the separation properties of oil-water mixtures,…
In this work, we mainly present the optimal convergence rates of the temporally second-order finite element scheme for solving the electrohydrodynamic equation. Suffering from the highly coupled nonlinearity, the convergence analysis of the…
We study convergence of the evolving finite element semi-discretization of a parabolic partial differential equation on an evolving bulk domain. The boundary of the domain evolves with a given velocity, which is then extended to the bulk by…
Comparing with the classical local gradient flow and phase field models, the nonlocal models such as nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equations equipped with nonlocal diffusion operator can describe more practical phenomena for modeling phase…
Biomembranes and vesicles consisting of multiple phases can attain a multitude of shapes, undergoing complex shape transitions. We study a Cahn--Hilliard model on an evolving hypersurface coupled to Navier--Stokes equations on the surface…
We extend the invariant manifold method for analyzing the asymptotics of dissipative partial differential equations on unbounded spatial domains to treat equations in which the linear part has order greater than two. One important example…
Fully-discrete approximations of the Allen-Cahn equation are considered. In particular, we consider schemes of arbitrary order based on a discontinuous Galerkin (in time) approach combined with standard conforming finite elements (in…
In this paper, we propose and analyze a linear second-order numerical method for solving the Allen-Cahn equation with a general mobility. The proposed fully-discrete scheme is carefully constructed based on the combination of first and…
The paper analyzes the Morley element method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The objective is to derive the optimal error estimates and to prove the zero-level sets of the Cahn-Hilliard equation approximate the Hele-Shaw flow. If the…
We develop and analyze a stabilization term for cut finite element approximations of an elliptic second order partial differential equation on a surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The new stabilization term combines properly scaled normal…
Degenerate Cahn-Hilliard phase-field models provide a robust approximation of surface-diffusion-driven interface motion without explicit front tracking. In computations, however, the geometric volume enclosed by the interface -- the region…