Convergence Analysis of the Geometric Thin-Film Equation

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Authors: Lennon Ó Náraigh, Khang Ee Pang, R. J. Smith 

Publication date: 28 July 2022

Abstract: The Geometric Thin-Film equation is a mathematical model of droplet spreading in the long-wave limit, which includes a regularization of the contact-line singularity. We show that the weak formulation of the problem, given initial Radon data, admits solutions that are globally defined for all time and are expressible as push-forwards of Borel measurable functions whose behaviour is governed by a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The existence is first demonstrated in the special case of a finite weighted sum of delta functions whose centres evolve over time -- these are known as `particle solutions'. In the general case, we construct a convergent sequence of particle solutions whose limit yields a solution of the above form. Moreover, we demonstrate that all weak solutions constructed in this way are $1/2$-H"older continuous in time and are uniquely determined by the initial conditions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Applications of functional analysis to differential and integral equations (46N20) Thin fluid films (76A20)

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