Higher energy solutions in the theory of phase transitions: A variational approach

DOI10.1006/JDEQ.2000.3898zbMath0970.35037OpenAlexW2007918465MaRDI QIDQ5929073

Gilberto Flores, Yoshihiro Tonegawa, Pablo Padilla

Publication date: 10 October 2001

Published in: Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jdeq.2000.3898

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionGinzburg-Landau equationhigher energy solutionsMorse index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40)

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