An example in the gradient theory of phase transitions

Camillo De Lellis

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2002)

  • Volume: 7, page 285-289
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We prove by giving an example that when n ≥ 3 the asymptotic behavior of functionals ∫ Ω ε | ∇ 2 u | 2 + ( 1 - | ∇ u | 2 ) 2 / ε is quite different with respect to the planar case. In particular we show that the one-dimensional ansatz due to Aviles and Giga in the planar case (see [2]) is no longer true in higher dimensions.

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Lellis, Camillo De. "An example in the gradient theory of phase transitions." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 7 (2002): 285-289. <http://eudml.org/doc/245679>.

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