A simple proof of the characterization of functions of low Aviles Giga energy on a ball via regularity

Andrew Lorent

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2012)

  • Volume: 18, Issue: 2, page 383-400
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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The Aviles Giga functional is a well known second order functional that forms a model for blistering and in a certain regime liquid crystals, a related functional models thin magnetized films. Given Lipschitz domain Ω ⊂ ℝ2 the functional is I ϵ ( u ) = 1 2 ∫ Ω ϵ -1 1 − Du 2 2 + ϵ D 2 u 2 d z where u belongs to the subset of functions in W 0 2 , 2 ( Ω ) whose gradient (in the sense of trace) satisfies Du(x)·ηx = 1 where ηx is the inward pointing unit normal to ∂Ω at x. In [Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. 1 (2002) 187–202] Jabin et al. characterized a class of functions which includes all limits of sequences u n ∈ W 0 2 , 2 ( Ω ) with Iϵn(un) → 0 as ϵn → 0. A corollary to their work is that if there exists such a sequence (un) for a bounded domain Ω, then Ω must be a ball and (up to change of sign) u: = limn → ∞un = dist(·,∂Ω). Recently [Lorent, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (submitted), http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0154v1] we provided a quantitative generalization of this corollary over the space of convex domains using ‘compensated compactness’ inspired calculations of DeSimone et al. [Proc. Soc. Edinb. Sect. A 131 (2001) 833–844]. In this note we use methods of regularity theory and ODE to provide a sharper estimate and a much simpler proof for the case where Ω = B1(0) without the requiring the trace condition on Du.

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Lorent, Andrew. "A simple proof of the characterization of functions of low Aviles Giga energy on a ball via regularity ." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 18.2 (2012): 383-400. <http://eudml.org/doc/221934>.

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abstract = {The Aviles Giga functional is a well known second order functional that forms a model for blistering and in a certain regime liquid crystals, a related functional models thin magnetized films. Given Lipschitz domain Ω ⊂ ℝ2 the functional is \hbox\{$I_\{\ep\}(u)=\frac\{1\}\{2\}\int_\{\Omega\} \ep^\{-1\}\lt|1-\lt|Du\rt|^2\rt|^2+\ep\lt|D^2 u\rt|^2 \{\rm d\}z$\} where u belongs to the subset of functions in \hbox\{$W^\{2,2\}_\{0\}(\Omega)$\} whose gradient (in the sense of trace) satisfies Du(x)·ηx = 1 where ηx is the inward pointing unit normal to ∂Ω at x. In [Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. 1 (2002) 187–202] Jabin et al. characterized a class of functions which includes all limits of sequences \hbox\{$u_n\in W^\{2,2\}_0(\Omega)$\} with Iϵn(un) → 0 as ϵn → 0. A corollary to their work is that if there exists such a sequence (un) for a bounded domain Ω, then Ω must be a ball and (up to change of sign) u: = limn → ∞un = dist(·,∂Ω). Recently [Lorent, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (submitted), http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0154v1] we provided a quantitative generalization of this corollary over the space of convex domains using ‘compensated compactness’ inspired calculations of DeSimone et al. [Proc. Soc. Edinb. Sect. A 131 (2001) 833–844]. In this note we use methods of regularity theory and ODE to provide a sharper estimate and a much simpler proof for the case where Ω = B1(0) without the requiring the trace condition on Du. },
author = {Lorent, Andrew},
journal = {ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations},
keywords = {Aviles Giga functional; liquid crystals; compensated compactness},
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month = {7},
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publisher = {EDP Sciences},
title = {A simple proof of the characterization of functions of low Aviles Giga energy on a ball via regularity },
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AB - The Aviles Giga functional is a well known second order functional that forms a model for blistering and in a certain regime liquid crystals, a related functional models thin magnetized films. Given Lipschitz domain Ω ⊂ ℝ2 the functional is \hbox{$I_{\ep}(u)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega} \ep^{-1}\lt|1-\lt|Du\rt|^2\rt|^2+\ep\lt|D^2 u\rt|^2 {\rm d}z$} where u belongs to the subset of functions in \hbox{$W^{2,2}_{0}(\Omega)$} whose gradient (in the sense of trace) satisfies Du(x)·ηx = 1 where ηx is the inward pointing unit normal to ∂Ω at x. In [Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. 1 (2002) 187–202] Jabin et al. characterized a class of functions which includes all limits of sequences \hbox{$u_n\in W^{2,2}_0(\Omega)$} with Iϵn(un) → 0 as ϵn → 0. A corollary to their work is that if there exists such a sequence (un) for a bounded domain Ω, then Ω must be a ball and (up to change of sign) u: = limn → ∞un = dist(·,∂Ω). Recently [Lorent, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (submitted), http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0154v1] we provided a quantitative generalization of this corollary over the space of convex domains using ‘compensated compactness’ inspired calculations of DeSimone et al. [Proc. Soc. Edinb. Sect. A 131 (2001) 833–844]. In this note we use methods of regularity theory and ODE to provide a sharper estimate and a much simpler proof for the case where Ω = B1(0) without the requiring the trace condition on Du.
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