On De Giorgi Conjecture in Dimension $N \geq 9$

Details On De Giorgi Conjecture in Dimension $N \geq 9$ On De Giorgi Conjecture in Dimension $N \geq 9$

2008-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/0806.3141v2

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

67 pages

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A celebrated conjecture due to De Giorgi states that any bounded solution of the equation $\Delta u + (1-u^2) u = 0 \hbox{in} \R^N $ with $\pp_{y_N}u >0$ must be such that its level sets $\{u=\la\}$ are all hyperplanes, {\em \bf at least} for dimension $N\le 8$. A counterexample for $N\ge 9$ has long been believed to exist. Based on a minimal graph $\Gamma$ which is not a hyperplane, found by Bombieri, De Giorgi and Giusti in $\R^N$, $N\ge 9$, we prove that for any small $\alpha >0$ there is a bounded solution $u_\alpha(y)$ with $\pp_{y_N}u_\alpha >0$, which resembles $ \tanh (\frac t{\sqrt{2}}) $, where $t=t(y)$ denotes a choice of signed distance to the blown-up minimal graph $\Gamma_\alpha := \alpha^{-1}\Gamma$. This solution constitutes a counterexample to De Giorgi conjecture for $N\ge 9$.

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