The willmore functional and instabilities in the Cahn-Hilliard equation

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-329

  Burger, Martin ^a   Chu, Shun Yin ^b   Markowich, Peter A ^c   Schönlieb, Carola Bibiane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Cahn hilliard equation; Stability; Transition solutions; Willmore functional

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349117199     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2008.v6.n2.a3     Document Type: Article

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