# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2013, 2(3): 517-530. doi: 10.3934/eect.2013.2.517

## On singular limit of a nonlinear $p$-order equation related to Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn evolutions

 1 Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate, per l'Ingegneria-Sezione di Matematica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via A. Scarpa 16, 00161 Roma, Italy

Received  December 2012 Revised  April 2013 Published  July 2013

In this paper we consider a geometric motion associated with the minimization of a functional which is the sum of a kinetic part of $p$-Laplacian type, a double well potential $\psi$ and a curvature term. In the case $p=2$, such a functional arises in connection with the image segmentation problem in computer vision theory. By means of matched asymptotic expansions, we show that the geometric motion can be approximated by the evolution of the zero level set of the solution of a nonlinear $p$-order equation. The singular limit depends on a complex way on the mean and Gaussian curvatures and the surface Laplacian of the mean curvature of the evolving front.
Citation: Cristina Pocci. On singular limit of a nonlinear $p$-order equation related to Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn evolutions. Evolution Equations & Control Theory, 2013, 2 (3) : 517-530. doi: 10.3934/eect.2013.2.517
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