A phase-field approximation of the Willmore flow with volume constraint (Q651809)
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A phase-field approximation of the Willmore flow with volume constraint (English)
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19 December 2011
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Summary: The well-posedness of a phase-field approximation to the Willmore flow with volume constraint is established. The existence proof relies on the underlying gradient flow structure of the problem: the time discrete approximation is solved by a variational minimization principle.
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time discrete approximation
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gradient flow
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well-posedness
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