On the Convergence of Minimizers of Singular Perturbation Functionals

dc.contributor.authorContreras, Andres
dc.contributor.authorLamy, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorRodiac, Remy
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:22:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:22:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe study of singular perturbations of the Dirichlet energy is at the core of the phenomenological-description paradigm in soft condensed matter. Being able to pass to the limit plays a crucial role in the understanding of the geometric-driven profile of ground states. In this work, we study, under very general assumptions, the convergence of minimizers towards harmonic maps. We show that the convergence is locally uniform up to the boundary, away from the lower-dimensional singular set. Our results generalize related findings, most notably in the theory of liquid-crystals, to all dimensions n >= 3, and to general nonlinearities. Our proof follows a well-known scheme, relying on a small energy estimate and a monotonicity formula. It departs substantially from previous studies in the treatment of the small energy estimate at the boundary, since we do not rely on the specific form of the potential. In particular, this extends existing results in three-dimensional settings. In higher dimensions, we also deal with additional difficulties concerning the boundary monotonicity formula.
dc.description.funderMillennium Nucleus Center for Analysis of PDE of the Chilean Ministry of Economy
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1943-5258
dc.identifier.issn0022-2518
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101245
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000443179100011
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1682
dc.pagina.inicio1665
dc.revistaIndiana university mathematics journal
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectGinzburg-Landau energy
dc.subjectLandau-de Gennes energy
dc.subjectasymptotic behavior of minimizers
dc.titleOn the Convergence of Minimizers of Singular Perturbation Functionals
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen67
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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