Solving the Cahn-Hilliard variational inequality with a semi-smooth Newton method

DOI10.1051/cocv/2010032zbMath1233.35132MaRDI QIDQ3103957

Harald Garcke, Martin V. Butz, Luise Blank

Publication date: 19 December 2011

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/221916

zbMATH Keywords

discrete variational inequality; primal-dual active set method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49N90: Applications of optimal control and differential games

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

35K85: Unilateral problems for linear parabolic equations and variational inequalities with linear parabolic operators

35K35: Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic equations

90C33: Complementarity and equilibrium problems and variational inequalities (finite dimensions) (aspects of mathematical programming)

80A22: Stefan problems, phase changes, etc.

35A35: Theoretical approximation in context of PDEs

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

82C26: Dynamic and nonequilibrium phase transitions (general) in statistical mechanics

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Uses Software

• UMFPACK
• ALBERTA

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