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HIGHER-ORDER CAHN-HILLIARD MODELS WITH SINGULAR NONLINEAR TERMS
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higher-order Cahn-Hilliard models, singular nonlinear terms, anisotropy, variational solutions, well-posedness, global attractorDOI:
https://doi.org/10.17654/0972087126022Abstract
Our aim in this article is to study the well-posedness for a class of higher-order (in space) anisotropic Cahn-Hilliard models with singular nonlinear terms. More precisely, we prove the existence and uniqueness of variational solutions, based on a variational inequality, as well as the existence of the global attractor.
Received: June 13, 2025
Accepted: August 19, 2025
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