Conjecture on the omega-limit set for an extended dissipative system

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Let u:R×R+Ru: \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}_+ \to \mathbb{R} solve the parabolic equation with initial data u0u_0 satisfying

u0(x)=(1)n+1if bnx<bn+1,u_0(x)=(-1)^{n+1}\quad\text{if }b_n\leq |x|<b_{n+1},

where (bn)nN(b_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}} is strictly increasing, b0=0b_0=0, and bn+1bnb_{n+1}\gg b_n for all nNn\in\mathbb{N}. Let Tloc(R)\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}) be the topology of uniform convergence on compact subsets of R\mathbb{R}, and let uψu_\psi be the eternal solution of characterized by

supxRuψ(x,t)Va(t)(x)t0,\sup_{x\in\mathbb{R}}\left|u_\psi(x,t)-V_{a(t)}(x)\right|\xrightarrow[t\to-\infty]{}0,

with a(t)+a(t)\to+\infty as tt\to-\infty. Write u±=±1u_\pm=\pm1. Omega-limit set conjecture. The omega-limit set of the trajectory (u(t))t0(u(t))_{t\geq0} in Tloc(R)\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}) is

ω={u+,u}{uψ(t)tR}{uψ(t)tR}.\omega=\{u_+,u_-\}\cup\{u_\psi(t)\mid t\in\mathbb{R}\}\cup\{-u_\psi(t)\mid t\in\mathbb{R}\}.

The conjecture describes the coarsening dynamics generated by infinitely many widely separated kink pairs: successive annihilations are expected to produce not only the two constant equilibria but also the eternal heteroclinic trajectories and their negatives as local omega-limits. The supplied text gives the heuristic motivation but no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

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Thierry Gallay and Sinisa Slijepcevic, “Distribution of Energy and Convergence to Equilibria in Extended Dissipative Systems”, arXiv:1212.1573 (2012).

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