Error estimates for a finite element discretization of the Cahn-Hilliard-Gurtin equations
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The authors consider the Cahn-Hilliard-Gurtin equations \[ \begin{aligned} \partial_t u - a\cdot \nabla \partial_t u &= \text{div}(B \nabla w) + m \quad \text{in } \Omega \times (0,\infty),\\ w-b \cdot \nabla w &= \beta \partial_t u - \alpha \Delta u +f'(u)-\gamma \quad \text{in } \Omega \times (0,\infty),\\ u(0) &= u_0\end{aligned} \] in a parallelepiped \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d\) subject to periodic boundary conditions. It is assumed that the coercivity condition \[ \beta x^2+y^tBy+y^t(a+b)x \geq c_0(x^2+\| y \|^2) \] holds, where \(c_0>0\) and \(\| y \|\) denotes the Euclidean norm in \(\mathbb{R}^d\). The source \(m=m(t)\) is assumed to have vanishing mean value for all \(t \in [0,T]\). The equations model features of two-phase systems, where \(u\) is the order parameter and \(w\) is the chemical potential. The authors prove an energy a priori estimate and, consequently, existence and uniqueness of a weak solution of the given problem in suitable Sobolev spaces. Next, the problem is semi-discretized using linear finite elements and optimal error estimates are proved. Also the case of reduced regularity assumptions for \(u\) and \(w\) is considered. A corresponding error analysis is given for the fully discrete problem, which is obtained by discretizing the time derivative using the first order backward differentiation formula. For the fully discrete problem without source term it is shown that the discrete solution converges to equilibrium as time goes to infinity. Numerical examples with \(d=1\) and \(d=2\) are provided.
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