Special Session 102: 

A phase transition approach to boundary value problems for bending energy

Tatsuya Miura
The University of Tokyo
Japan
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Abstract:
Some typical diffusion equations are directly connected with phase transition models. In this talk we present that a phase transition viewpoint is also useful for understanding the mechanism of the shape formation of solutions to boundary value problems for bending energy in a certain case. In particular, this approach enables us to reach a first uniqueness result of non-closed Euler`s elastica of least energy under the clamped boundary condition.