Non-oriented solutions of the eikonal equation

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2010.09.011MaRDI QIDQ609379zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marco Veneroni, Mark A. Peletier

Publication date 30 November 2010

Published in Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3928

zbMATH Keywords

field \(P\) of orthogonal projections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear first-order PDEs (35F20)

Abstract: We study a new formulation for the eikonal equation |grad u| =1 on a bounded subset of R^2. Instead of a vector field grad u, we consider a field P of orthogonal projections on 1-dimensional subspaces, with div P in L^2. We prove existence and uniqueness for solutions of the equation P div P=0. We give a geometric description, comparable with the classical case, and we prove that such solutions exist only if the domain is a tubular neighbourhood of a regular closed curve. The idea of the proof is to apply a generalized method of characteristics introduced in Jabin, Otto, Perthame, "Line-energy Ginzburg-Landau models: zero-energy states", Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (5) 1 (2002), to a suitable vector field m satisfying P = m otimes m. This formulation provides a useful approach to the analysis of stripe patterns. It is specifically suited to systems where the physical properties of the pattern are invariant under rotation over 180 degrees, such as systems of block copolymers or liquid crystals.

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