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Higher-order phase transitions with line-tension effect

Bernardo Galvão-Sousa (2011)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

The behavior of energy minimizers at the boundary of the domain is of great importance in the Van de Waals-Cahn-Hilliard theory for fluid-fluid phase transitions, since it describes the effect of the container walls on the configuration of the liquid. This problem, also known as the liquid-drop problem, was studied by Modica in [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Anal. non linéaire4 (1987) 487–512], and in a different form by Alberti et al. in [Arch. Rational Mech. Anal.144 (1998) 1–46] for a first-order...

Homoclinic orbits for a class of singular second order Hamiltonian systems in ℝ3

Joanna Janczewska, Jakub Maksymiuk (2012)

Open Mathematics

We consider a conservative second order Hamiltonian system q ¨ + ∇ V ( q ) = 0 in ℝ3 with a potential V having a global maximum at the origin and a line l ∩ 0 = ϑ as a set of singular points. Under a certain compactness condition on V at infinity and a strong force condition at singular points we study, by the use of variational methods and geometrical arguments, the existence of homoclinic solutions of the system.

Homogeneous variational problems: a minicourse

David J. Saunders (2011)

Communications in Mathematics

A Finsler geometry may be understood as a homogeneous variational problem, where the Finsler function is the Lagrangian. The extremals in Finsler geometry are curves, but in more general variational problems we might consider extremal submanifolds of dimension m . In this minicourse we discuss these problems from a geometric point of view.

Hörmander systems and harmonic morphisms

Elisabetta Barletta (2003)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

Given a Hörmander system X = { X 1 , ⋯ , X m } on a domain Ω ⊆ 𝐑 n we show that any subelliptic harmonic morphism φ from Ω into a ν -dimensional riemannian manifold N is a (smooth) subelliptic harmonic map (in the sense of J. Jost & C-J. Xu, [9]). Also φ is a submersion provided that ν ≤ m and X has rank m . If Ω = 𝐇 n (the Heisenberg group) and X = 1 2 L α + L α ¯ , 1 2 i L α - L α ¯ , where L α ¯ = ∂ / ∂ z ¯ α - i z α ∂ / ∂ t is the Lewy operator, then a smooth map φ : Ω → N is a subelliptic harmonic morphism if and only if φ ∘ π : ( C ( 𝐇 n ) , F θ 0 ) → N is a harmonic morphism, where S 1 → C ( 𝐇 n ) → π → 𝐇 n is the canonical circle bundle and F θ 0 is the Fefferman...

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