The Level Set Method for Systems of PDEs
The Level Set Method for Systems of PDEs
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偏微分方程组的水平集方法
DOI:
10.1080/03605300600910407
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
M. Novaga
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作者:
G. Bellettini;H. Chermisi;M. Novaga
We propose a level set method for systems of PDEs which is consistent with the previous research pursued by Evans (1996) for the heat equation and by Giga and Sato (2001) for Hamilton–Jacobi equations. Our approach follows a geometric construction related to the notion of barriers introduced by De Giorgi. The main idea is to force a comparison principle between manifolds of different codimension and require each nonzero sub-level of a solution of the level set equation to be a barrier for the graph of a solution of the corresponding system. We apply the method to a class of systems of first order quasi-linear equations. We compute the level set equation associated with suitable first order systems of conservation laws, with the mean curvature flow of a manifold of arbitrary codimension and with systems of reaction–diffusion equations.