Multibump solutions and asymptotic expansions for mesoscopic Allen-Cahn type equations

Matteo Novaga; Enrico Valdinoci

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2008)

  • Volume: 15, Issue: 4, page 914-933
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We consider a mesoscopic model for phase transitions in a periodic medium and we construct multibump solutions. The rational perturbative case is dealt with by explicit asymptotics.

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Novaga, Matteo, and Valdinoci, Enrico. "Multibump solutions and asymptotic expansions for mesoscopic Allen-Cahn type equations." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 15.4 (2008): 914-933. <http://eudml.org/doc/90944>.

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