Nonlocal De Giorgi conjecture for the fractional Allen–Cahn equation

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Let α(0,2)\alpha\in(0,2) and let uC2(Rn)L(Rn)u\in C^2(\mathbb{R}^n)\cap L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n) be a bounded global solution of the fractional Allen–Cahn equation

(Δ)α2u=uu3.-(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}u=u-u^3.

Assume that

nu(x)>0for every xRn.\partial_n u(x)>0\qquad\text{for every }x\in\mathbb{R}^n.

Nonlocal De Giorgi conjecture. Is uu one-dimensional, at least under suitable restrictions on α\alpha and nn? This is the fractional analogue of De Giorgi's one-dimensional symmetry conjecture and asks whether monotone bounded entire solutions have planar level sets. The source presents it as an open question and does not specify the suitable restrictions on α\alpha and nn.

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Serena Dipierro and Enrico Valdinoci, “Some perspectives on (non)local phase transitions and minimal surfaces”, arXiv:2207.04783 (2023).

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