Mathematical validation of a continuum model for relaxation of interacting steps in crystal surfaces in 2 space dimensions

DOI10.1007/S00526-020-01838-XMaRDI QIDQ2204076zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Xiangsheng Xu

Publication date 2 October 2020

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.11153

zbMATH Keywords

backward difference methodcrystal surfacenonlinear partial differential equationweak solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Initial-boundary value problems for nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G31) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Structured surfaces and interfaces, coexistent phases (74A50) Crystals in solids (74N05)

Abstract: In this paper we study the boundary value problem for the equation $$ in the $z=(x,y)$ plane. This problem is derived from a continuum model for the relaxation of a crystal surface below the roughing temperature. The mathematical challenge is of two folds. First, the mobility $D(ablau)$ is a $2imes2$ matrix whose smallest eigenvalue is not bounded away from $0$ below. Second, the equation contains the $1$-Laplace operator, whose mathematical properties are still not well-understood. Existence of a weak solution is obtained. In particular, $|ablau|$ is shown to be bounded when $p>frac43$.

Review text

The paper deals with the mathematical description of the evolution of a crystal surface. Mathematical model originates in the boundary value problem for nonlinear fourth-order partial differential equation in 2D. Physical background is discussed. However, the main attention is devoted to the weak solution of the stationary boundary value problem in 2D. The author proves the existence of weak solution by constructing it as a limit of a sequence of approximate solutions obtained by means of the backward difference method. One of the main tools here is the Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem. The paper also deals with stability of the weak solution.

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