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Deformation of striped patterns by inhomogeneities.
- Source :
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences; Jan2015, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p51-65, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We study the effects of adding a local perturbation in a pattern-forming system, taking as an example the Ginzburg-Landau equation with a small localized inhomogeneity in two dimensions. Measuring the response through the linearization at a periodic pattern, one finds an unbounded linear operator that is not Fredholm due to continuous spectrum in typical translation invariant or weighted spaces. We show that Kondratiev spaces, which encode algebraic localization that increases with each derivative, provide an effective means to circumvent this difficulty. We establish Fredholm properties in such spaces and use the result to construct deformed periodic patterns using the Implicit Function Theorem. We find a logarithmic phase correction, which vanishes for a particular spatial shift only, which we interpret as a phase-selection mechanism through the inhomogeneity. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PERTURBATION theory
FREDHOLM equations
EQUATIONS
ALGEBRA
APPROXIMATION theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01704214
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99801573
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.3049