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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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-09 Annibale Magni , Matthias Röger

The convex-concave splitting discretization of the Allen-Cahn is easy to implement and guaranteed to be energy decreasing even for large time-steps. We analyze the time-stepping scheme for a large class of potentials which includes the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Patrick Dondl , Akwum Onwunta , Ludwig Striet , Stephan Wojtowytsch

An entire solution of the Allen-Cahn equation $\Delta u=f(u)$, where $f$ has exactly three zeros at $\pm 1$ and 0, is balanced and odd, e.g. $f(u)=u(u^2-1)$, is called a $2k$-ended solution if its nodal set is asymptotic to $2k$ half lines,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-30 Frank Pacard , Michal Kowalczyk , Yong Liu

Motivated by its relation to models of flame propagation, we study globally Lipschitz solutions of $\Delta u=f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, where $f$ is smooth, non-negative, with support in the interval $[0,1]$. In such setting, any "blow-down"…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We consider the inhomogeneous Allen-Cahn equation $$ \epsilon^2\Delta u\,+\,V(y)(1-u^2)\,u\,=\,0\quad \mbox{in}\ \Omega, \qquad \frac {\partial u}{\partial \nu}\,=\,0\quad \mbox{on}\ \partial \Omega, $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Lipeng Duan , Suting Wei , Jun Yang

Using the method of sub-super-solution, we construct a solution of $(-\Delta)^su-cu_z-f(u)=0$ on $\R^3$ of pyramidal shape. Here $(-\Delta)^s$ is the fractional Laplacian of sub-critical order $1/2<s<1$ and $f$ is a bistable nonlinearity.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-07 Hardy Chan , Juncheng Wei

In this short note we present new results on a higher-dimensional generalization of De~Giorgi's conjecture for Allen--Cahn type equations, focusing on dimensions $n \ge 9$. Although counterexamples are known in this regime, our goal is to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Gabriele Ferla

This article is devoted to the study of certain models for phase transitions involving nonlocal energies. A first part is concerned with to the asymptotic analysis of a system of fractional elliptic equations of Allen-Cahn type as a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Thomas Gabard , Vincent Millot

We consider a coupled bulk--surface Allen--Cahn system affixed with a Robin-type boundary condition between the bulk and surface variables. This system can also be viewed as a relaxation to a bulk--surface Allen--Cahn system with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Kei Fong Lam , Hao Wu

In this paper the author considers the global existence and well-posedness of the non-linear wave equation $\partial_t^2 u - \Delta u = -|u|^{p-1} u$ in 3-dimensional space, assuming that the initial data is in the space $(\dot{H}^s \cap…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-23 Ruipeng Shen

We rewrite the system \Delta u - W_u (u) = 0, for u: R^n to R^n, in the form div T = 0, where T is an appropriate stress-energy tensor, and derive certain a priori consequences on the solutions. In particular, we point out some differences…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nicholas D. Alikakos

We consider minimal surfaces $M$ which are complete, embedded and have finite total curvature in $\R^3$, and bounded, entire solutions with finite Morse index of the Allen-Cahn equation $\Delta u + f(u) = 0 \hbox{in} \R^3 $. Here $f=-W'$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-02-13 Manuel del Pino , Mike Kowalczyk , Juncheng Wei

In this short note, we present new observations and examples concerning the existence and rigidity of solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation with degenerate minimal hypersurfaces as their limit interfaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Jingwen Chen , Pedro Gaspar

We study entire bounded solutions to the equation $\Delta u - u + u^3 = 0$ in $\mathbb R^2$. Our approach is purely variational and is based on concentration arguments and symmetry considerations. This method allows us to construct in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-09 L. M. Lerman , P. E. Naryshkin , A. I. Nazarov

We study the behavior of the solution of a stochastic Allen-Cahn equation $\frac{\partial u_\eps }{\partial t}=\frac 12 \frac{\partial^2 u_\eps }{\partial x^2}+ u_\eps -u_\eps^3+\sqrt\eps\, \dot W$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-04 Stella Brassesco , Glauco Valle , Maria Eulália Vares

The Allen-Cahn functional is a well studied variational problem which appears in the modeling of phase transition phenomenon. This functional depends on a parameter $\varepsilon >0$ and is intimately related to the area functional as the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Yong Liu , Frank Pacard , Juncheng Wei

We consider the equation $\e^{2}\Delta u=(u-a(x))(u^2-1)$ in $\Omega$, $\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} =0$ on $\partial \Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a smooth and bounded domain in $\R^n$, $\nu$ the outer unit normal to $\pa\Omega$, and $a$ a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Fethi Mahmoudi , Andrea Malchiodi , Juncheng Wei

In this work we study the level sets of entire solutions of the Allen-Cahn equation and we prove minimality of the zero level set with respect to a certain perimeter functional with density. This provides a direct relationship between phase…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Dimitrios Gazoulis

We show convergence of solutions of a convective Allen-Cahn equation for a given smooth and divergence free velocity field to a transport equation for an evolving interface in the case when the thickness of the diffuse interface tends to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-04 Helmut Abels

We consider a diffuse-interface model for two-phase incompressible viscous flows with a soluble surfactant in a bounded porous medium. This hydrodynamic system consists of a Darcy--Forchheimer equation for the seepage velocity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Maurizio Grasselli , Bohan Ouyang , Andrea Poiatti , Hao Wu