Extensions of Moser-Bangert theory. Locally minimal solutions
The book is an exhaustive study of the variational problem \[ -\Delta u + F_u(x,u)=0,\qquad x\in {\mathbb{R}}^n, \] where the potential \(F\) is periodic in all its arguments with respect to integer translations (the Allen-Cahn equation may be often reduced to this case too). After the pioneering work of \textit{J. Moser} [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Anal. Non Linéaire 3, 229--272 (1986; Zbl 0609.49029)] and \textit{V. Bangert} [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Anal. Non Linéaire 6, No. 2, 95--138 (1989; Zbl 0678.58014)], and due to the fundamental contributions of the authors [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Anal. Non Linéaire 21, No. 5, 673--688 (2004; Zbl 1149.35341); Adv. Nonlinear Stud. 4, No. 4, 377--396 (2004; Zbl 1229.35047); Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 56, No. 8, 1078--1134 (2003; Zbl 1274.35122); Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 21, No. 2, 157--207 (2004; Zbl 1161.35397)], a version of the Aubry-Mather theory for this type of partial differential equations is now available. This theory is based on a deep analysis of the minimal solutions with prescribed linear growth that satisfy an order property and do not self-intersect under integer translations, and on the existence of heteroclinic solutions inside any gap of minimizers. The construction of these basic solutions occupies the first part of the book, with a detailed description of the variational methods and of the geometric features of the heteroclinics. As a matter of fact, this variational approach (based on constrained minimization of renormalized functionals) is different from the one used in the original papers, and allows the authors to construct new types of more complex solutions as well. Indeed, the second part of the book is devoted to transition and multibump (or, better to say, multitransition) solutions that shadow suitable chains of the basic solutions constructed in the first part. The technique used here for this purpose extends some dynamical system methods to the case of partial differential equations, by taking into account some appropriate integral constraints in order to force the admissible functions to possess the desired oscillating behavior via a local minimization procedure. All in all, the book provides a very clear and detailed variational theory of an important class of partial differential equations, and it presents several open problems of great interest.
- On some results of Moser and of Bangert
- Single and multitransition solutions for a family of semilinear elliptic PDE's
- On Some Results of Moser and of Bangert, II
- Some connections between results and problems of De Giorgi, Moser and Bangert
- A generalization of Aubry-Mather theory to partial differential equations and pseudo-differential equations
- Standing pulse solutions to FitzHugh-Nagumo equations
- Solutions of mountain pass type for double well potential systems
- On some results of Moser and of Bangert
- Layered solutions with multiple asymptotes for non autonomous Allen-Cahn equations in \({\mathbb {R}^{3}}\)
- On a phase transition model
- A variant of the mountain pass theorem and variational gluing
- A variational principle for pulsating standing waves and an Einstein relation in the sharp interface limit
- Mountain pass solutions to a generalized Frenkel-Kontorova model
- Gradient Lagrangian systems and semilinear PDE
- Multitransition solutions for a generalized Frenkel-Kontorova model
- Multiple front standing waves in the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations
- Heteroclinic solutions for a generalized Frenkel-Kontorova model by minimization methods of Rabinowitz and Stredulinsky
- Existence of quasiperiodic solutions of elliptic equations on \(\mathbb{R}^{N + 1}\) via center manifold and KAM theorems
- A continuous family of equilibria in ferromagnetic media are ground states
- Hybrid mountain pass homoclinic solutions of a class of semilinear elliptic PDEs
- Saddle solutions for bistable symmetric semilinear elliptic equations
- Multiplicity of layered solutions for Allen-Cahn systems with symmetric double well potential
- Traveling pulse solutions to Fitzhugh-Nagumo equations
- A note on a class of double well potential problems
- Nonlocal phase transitions in homogeneous and periodic media
- Brake orbit solutions for semilinear elliptic systems with asymmetric double well potential
- Continuity of the Peierls barrier and robustness of laminations
- Some perspectives on (non)local phase transitions and minimal surfaces
- Existence of heteroclinic and saddle-type solutions for a class of quasilinear problems in whole ℝ2
- The occurrence of surface tension gradient discontinuities and zero mobility for Allen-Cahn and curvature flows in periodic media
- Layered solutions for a nonlocal Ginzburg-Landau model with periodic modulation
- Single and multitransition solutions for a family of semilinear elliptic PDE's
- Infinite transition solutions for an Allen-Cahn equation
- Saddle solutions for Allen-Cahn type equations involving the prescribed mean curvature operator
- Homogenization of a vertical oscillating Neumann condition
- Some connections between results and problems of De Giorgi, Moser and Bangert
- Unbounded solutions for a periodic phase transition model
- Secondary invariants of Birkhoff minimizers and heteroclinic orbits
- On the existence of multi-transition solutions for a class of elliptic systems
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