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Convergence to equilibrium for a second-order time semi-discretization ofthe Cahn-Hilliard equation

  • Received: 18 August 2016 Accepted: 21 August 2016 Published: 26 August 2016
  • We consider a second-order two-step time semi-discretization of the Cahn-Hilliard equation with an analytic nonlinearity. The time-step is chosen small enough so that the pseudo-energy associated with the discretization is nonincreasing at every time iteration. We prove that the sequence generated by the scheme converges to a steady state as time tends to infinity. We also obtain convergence rates in the energy norm. The proof is based on the Łojasiewicz-Simon inequality.

    Citation: Paola F. Antonietti, Benoît Merlet, Morgan Pierre, Marco Verani. Convergence to equilibrium for a second-order time semi-discretization ofthe Cahn-Hilliard equation[J]. AIMS Mathematics, 2016, 1(3): 178-194. doi: 10.3934/Math.2016.3.178

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  • We consider a second-order two-step time semi-discretization of the Cahn-Hilliard equation with an analytic nonlinearity. The time-step is chosen small enough so that the pseudo-energy associated with the discretization is nonincreasing at every time iteration. We prove that the sequence generated by the scheme converges to a steady state as time tends to infinity. We also obtain convergence rates in the energy norm. The proof is based on the Łojasiewicz-Simon inequality.


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