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Motion of discrete interfaces in low-contrast random environments

Analysis of PDEs 2017-02-09 v1

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of a discrete-in-time minimizing movement scheme for square lattice interfaces when both the lattice spacing and the time step vanish. The motion is assumed to be driven by minimization of a weighted random perimeter functional with an additional deterministic dissipation term. We consider rectangular initial sets and lower order random perturbations of the perimeter functional. In case of stationary, α\alpha-mixing perturbations we prove a stochastic homogenization result for the interface velocity. We also provide an example which indicates that stationary, ergodic perturbations do not yield a spatially homogenized limit velocity for this minimizing movement scheme.

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@article{arxiv.1702.02503,
  title  = {Motion of discrete interfaces in low-contrast random environments},
  author = {Matthias Ruf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.02503},
  year   = {2017}
}

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25 pages, 1 figure

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