Intermediate Asymptotics of the Capillary-Driven Thin Film Equation
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arXiv1211.7301MaRDI QIDQ6237640FDOQ6237640
Thomas Salez, Elie Raphaël, Michael Benzaquen
Publication date: 30 November 2012
Abstract: We present an analytical and numerical study of the two-dimensional capillary-driven thin film equation. In particular, we focus on the intermediate asymptotics of its solutions. Linearising the equation enables us to derive the associated Green's function and therefore obtain a complete set of solutions. Moreover, we show that the rescaled solution for any summable initial profile uniformly converges in time towards a universal self-similar attractor that is precisely the rescaled Green's function. Finally, a numerical study on compact-support initial profiles enables us to conjecture the extension of our results to the nonlinear equation.
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