Abstract
We investigate the stability of the evolution by anysotropic and crystalline curvature starting from an initial surface equal to the Wulff shape. It is well known that the Wulff shape evolves selfsimilarly according to the law $V=-\kappa_\phi n_\phi$. Here the index $\phi$ refers to the underlying anisotropy described by the Wulff shape, so that $\kappa_\phi$ is the relative mean curvature and $n_\phi$ is the Cahn-Hoffmann conormal vector field. Such selfsimilar evolution is also known to be stable under small perturbations of the initial surface in the isotropic setting (the Wulff shape is a sphere) or in 2D if the underlying anisotropy is symmetric. We show that this evolution is unstable for some specific choices of the Wulff shape both rotationally symmetric and fully crystalline.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 51 |
Pagine | 141-153 |
Numero di pagine | 13 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2002 |
Evento | Variational methods for discontinuous structures - Cernobbio Durata: 4 lug 2001 → 6 lug 2001 |
Convegno
Convegno | Variational methods for discontinuous structures |
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Città | Cernobbio |
Periodo | 4/7/01 → 6/7/01 |
Keywords
- crystalline anisotropy
- selfsimilar evolution
- wulff shape