A semidiscrete scheme for a one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation (Q651808)

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A semidiscrete scheme for a one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation
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    A semidiscrete scheme for a one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation (English)
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    19 December 2011
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    A semidiscrete scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation in one space dimension is presented. The existence of a discrete solution is proved and stability estimates are given. For a suitable class of initial data the convergence of the scheme is proved. The limit problem is given and the long-time behavior of the limit solution is analyzed.
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    Cahn-Hilliard equation
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    nonconvex functionals
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    forward-backward parabolic equations
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    finite element method
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    semidiscretization
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    stability
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    convergence
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    long-time behavior
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