Two-end solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation in R^3

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Abstract: In this paper we consider the Allen-Cahn equation -Delta u = u-u^3 mbox{in} {mathbb R}^3 We prove that for each kinleft(sqrt2,+inftyight), there exists a solution to the equation which has growth rate k, i.e. | u-H(cdot -k ln r + c_k) |_{L^infty} o 0 The main ingredients of our proof consist: (1) compactness of solutions with growth k, (2) moduli space theory of analytical variety of formal dimension one.


The presented paper investigates even with respect to the \(Oxy\) plane, axially symmetric solutions to the classical Allen-Cahn equation \[ -\Delta u=u-u^3,\quad |u|<1, \] in the three dimensional Euclidean space. In terms of cylindrical coordinates \(u=u(r,z)\) satisfy \[ \partial^2_z u+\partial^2_r u+r^{-1}\partial_r u+u-u^3=0,\;r\in [0,+\infty), z\in\mathbb{R} \] and \(u(r,z)=u(r,-z)\), \(\partial_r u(0,z)=0\). Using a sophisticated continuation method, the existence of a complete family of axially symmetric solutions with a range of logarithmic growth rates is shown. They may be regarded as the analogue of the family of catenoids and hence called two-end solutions. Besides, nonexistence of two-end solutions with a small growth rate is also shown, which differs from the theory of minimal surfaces.



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