Misc,

A Family of Nonlinear Fourth Order Equations of Gradient Flow Type

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(2009)cite arxiv:0901.0540Comment: 33 pages, no figures.

Abstract

Global existence and long-time behavior of solutions to a family of nonlinear fourth order evolution equations on $R^d$ are studied. These equations constitute gradient flows for the perturbed information functionals $Fu = 1/(2\alpha) | D (u^\alpha) |^2 dx + łambda/2 |x|^2 u dx$ with respect to the $L^2$-Wasserstein metric. The value of $\alpha$ ranges from $\alpha=1/2$, corresponding to a simplified quantum drift diffusion model, to $\alpha=1$, corresponding to a thin film type equation.

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