Allen-Cahn Solutions with Triple Junction Structure at Infinity

Authors Étienne Sandier, Peter Sternberg

Publication date 22 May 2023

Abstract: We construct an entire solution

U : m a t h b b R^{2} o m a t h b b R^{2}

to the elliptic system [ Delta U=

abla_uW(U), ] where $W : m a t h b b R^{2} o [0, i n f t y)$ is a `triple-well' potential. This solution is a local minimizer of the associated energy [ int frac{1}{2}|

abla U|^2+W(U),dx ] in the sense that

U

minimizes the energy on any compact set among competitors agreeing with

U

outside that set. Furthermore, we show that along subsequences, the `blowdowns' of

U

given by

U_{R} (x) := U (R x)

approach a minimal triple junction as

R o i n f t y

. Previous results had assumed various levels of symmetry for the potential and had not established local minimality, but here we make no such symmetry assumptions.

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