Abstract
We prove the existence of a traveling wave solution of the equation u t = Δ u + |∇u|2u in an infinitely long cylinder of radius R, which connects two locally stable and axially symmetric steady states at x 3 = ±∞. Here u is a director field with values in script S sign2 ⊂ ℝ3: |u| = 1 The traveling wave has a singular point on the cylinder axis. Letting R→ ∞ we obtain a traveling wave defined in all space.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 489-509 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Analysis
- Applied Mathematics
Keywords
- Bistable potential
- Calculus of variations
- Director field
- Harmonic map
- Singularity
- Traveling wave