Localization, smoothness, and convergence to equilibrium for a thin film equation

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2014.34.4537zbMATH OpenNonearXiv1006.2256OpenAlexW2963922454MaRDI QIDQ476565FDOQ476565

Authors: Süleyman Ulusoy, Eric Carlen 

Publication date: 2 December 2014

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the long-time behavior of weak solutions to the thin-film type equation ${\displaystyle }$v_t =(xv - vv_{xxx})_x ,${\displaystyle }$ which arises in the Hele-Shaw problem. We estimate the rate of convergence of solutions to the Smyth-Hill equilibrium solution, which has the form $frac124(C^2-x^2{)}_{+}^2$, in the norm ${\displaystyle }$|!|!| f |!|!|_{m,1}^2 = int_{R}(1+ |x|^{2m})|f(x)|^2dd x + int_{R}|f_x(x)|^2dd x .${\displaystyle }$ We obtain exponential convergence in the $|!|!|cdot|!|!{|}_{m,1}$ norm for all $m$ with $1leqm<2$, thus obtaining rates of convergence in norms measuring both smoothness and localization. The localization is the main novelty, and in fact, we show that there is a close connection between the localization bounds and the smoothness bounds: Convergence of second moments implies convergence in the $H^1$ Sobolev norm. We then use methods of optimal mass transportation to obtain the convergence of the required moments. We also use such methods to construct an appropriate class of weak solutions for which all of the estimates on which our convergence analysis depends may be rigorously derived. Though our main results on convergence can be stated without reference to optimal mass transportation, essential use of this theory is made throughout our analysis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2256

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zbMATH Keywords

Wasserstein distanceEuler-Lagrange equationgradient flowLyapunov functionalthin-film equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Higher-order parabolic equations (35K25) Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Degenerate parabolic equations (35K65) Initial value problems for higher-order parabolic systems (35K46)

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