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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,…
We consider a potential $W:R^m\rightarrow R$ with two different global minima $a_-, a_+$ and, under a symmetry assumption, we use a variational approach to show that the Hamiltonian system \begin{equation} \ddot{u}=W_u(u), \hskip 2cm (1)…
We study global variational properties of the space of solutions to $-\varepsilon^2\Delta u + W'(u)=0$ on any closed Riemannian manifold $M$. Our techniques are inspired by recent advances in the variational theory of minimal hypersurfaces…
We study existence, unicity and other geometric properties of the minimizers of the energy functional $$ \|u\|^2_{H^s(\Omega)}+\int_\Omega W(u)\,dx, $$ where $\|u\|_{H^s(\Omega)}$ denotes the total contribution from $\Omega$ in the $H^s$…
We construct functions $u: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{C}$ that satisfy an elliptic eigenvalue equation of the form $-\Delta u + W \cdot \nabla u + V u = \lambda u$, where $\lambda \in \mathbb{C}$, and $V$ and $W$ satisfy $|V(x)| \lesssim…
We refine the asymptotic estimates for minimizers of a class of nonlocal energy functionals of the form \[ \frac{1}{4} \iint_{\R^{2n} \setminus (\R^n \setminus \Omega)^2} \snr{u(x) - u(y)}^2 K(x - y) \,dx\,dy + \int_\Omega W(u(x)) \,dx, \]…
In this article we prove that entire critical points $(u,\nabla)$ of the self-dual $U(1)$-Yang-Mills-Higgs functional $E_1$, with energy $$E_1(u,\nabla;B_R):=\int_{B_R}\left[|\nabla…
In this paper we consider the Allen-Cahn equation $$ -\Delta u = u-u^3 \ \mbox{in} \ {\mathbb R}^3 $$ We prove that for each $k\in\left( \sqrt{2},+\infty\right),$ there exists a solution to the equation which has growth rate $k$, i.e. $$ \|…
In this paper an iterative minimization method is proposed to approximate the minimizer to the double-well energy functional arising in the phase-field theory. The method is based on a quadratic functional posed over a nonempty closed…
We consider solutions $u(t)$ to the 3d NLS equation $i\partial_t u + \Delta u + |u|^2u=0$ such that $\|xu(t)\|_{L^2} = \infty$ and $u(t)$ is nonradial. Denoting by $M[u]$ and $E[u]$, the mass and energy, respectively, of a solution $u$, and…
The goal of this paper is to investigate the existence of saddle solutions for some classes of elliptic partial differential equations of the Allen-Cahn type, formulated as follows: \begin{equation*} -div\left(\frac{\nabla…
The aim of this paper is to prove the existence of multiple solutions for a family of nonlinear elliptic systems in divergence form coupled with a pointwise gradient constraint: \begin{align*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll}…
We consider convex potentials $W:\R\to [0,\infty)$ vanishing at $0$ and growing sufficiently fast at $\pm\infty$. Given any open set $\Omega\subset\R^n$ with Lipschitz and compact boundary, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a…
We study the system of semilinear elliptic equations $$-\Delta u_i+ u_i = \sum_{j=1}^\ell \beta_{ij}|u_j|^p|u_i|^{p-2}u_i, \qquad u_i\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N),\qquad i=1,\ldots,\ell,$$ where $N\geq 4$, $1<p<\frac{N}{N-2}$, and the matrix…
In this paper we construct entire solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation $-\Delta(-\Delta u+W^{'}(u))+W^{"}(u)(-\Delta u+W^{'}(u))=0$ in the Euclidean plane, where $W(u)$ is the standard double-well potential $\frac{1}{4} (1-u^2)^2$. Such…
We study the existence of fully nontrivial solutions to the system $$-\Delta u_i+ \lambda_iu_i = \sum\limits_{j=1}^\ell \beta_{ij}|u_j|^p|u_i|^{p-2}u_i\ \hbox{in}\ \Omega, \qquad i=1,\ldots,\ell,$$ in a bounded or unbounded domain $\Omega$…
In this paper we prove existence of least energy nodal solutions for the Hamiltonian elliptic system with H\'enon-type weights \[ -\Delta u = |x|^{\beta} |v|^{q-1}v, \quad -\Delta v =|x|^{\alpha}|u|^{p-1}u\quad { in } \Omega, \qquad u=v=0 {…
We consider triholomorphic maps from an almost hyper-Hermitian manifold $\mathcal{M}^{4m}$ into a hyperK\"ahler manifold $\mathcal{N}^{4n}$. This means that $u \in W^{1,2}$ satisfies a quaternionic del-bar equation. We work under the…
We construct new families of two-ended $O(m)\times O(n)$-invariant solutions to the Allen- Cahn equation \Delta u+u-u3=0 in $\mathbb{R}^{N+1}$, with $N\ge 7$, whose zero level sets diverge logarithmically from the Lawson cone at infinity.…
In this paper, we use Legendre-Fenchel transform and a space decomposition to carry out Fountain theorem and dual Fountain theorem for the following elliptic system of Hamiltonian type: \[ \begin{cases} \begin{aligned} -\Delta u&=H_v(u, v)…