Energy barrier and \(\Gamma\)-convergence in the \(d\)-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation

DOI10.1007/s00526-014-0806-xzbMath1327.49022arXiv1404.5913OpenAlexW1969787900WikidataQ115387367 ScholiaQ115387367MaRDI QIDQ493213

Michael Gelantalis, Maria G. Westdickenberg

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5913

zbMATH Keywords

energy functionalCahn-Hilliard equationlower bound\(\Gamma\)-convergenceenergy barrier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational inequalities (49J40) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Critical points of functionals in context of PDEs (e.g., energy functionals) (35B38)

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