Factorization for entropy production of the Eikonal equation and regularity

• Published in: arXiv.org 2021-04
• Main Authors: Lorent, Andrew, Guanying Peng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Convergence; Eikonal equation; Factorization; Formulas (mathematics)
• ISSN: 2331-8422

The Eikonal equation arises naturally in the limit of the second order Aviles-Giga functional whose \(\Gamma\)-convergence is a long standing challenging problem. The theory of entropy solutions of the Eikonal equation plays a central role in the variational analysis of this problem. Establishing fine structures of entropy solutions of the Eikonal equation, e.g. concentration of entropy measures on \(\mathcal{H}^1\)-rectifiable sets in \(2\)D, is arguably the key missing part for a proof of the full \(\Gamma\)-convergence of the Aviles-Giga functional. In the first part of this work, for \(p\in \left(1,\frac{4}{3}\right]\) we establish an \(L^p\) version of the main theorem of Ghiraldin and Lamy [Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 73 (2020), no. 2, 317-349]. Specifically we show that if \(m\) is a solution to the Eikonal equation, then \(m\in B^{\frac{1}{3}}_{3p,\infty,loc}\) is equivalent to all entropy productions of \(m\) being in \(L^p_{loc}\). This result also shows that as a consequence of a weak form of the Aviles-Giga conjecture (namely the conjecture that all solutions to the Eikonal equation whose entropy productions are in \(L^p_{loc}\) are rigid) - the rigidity/flexibility threshold of the Eikonal equation is exactly the space \( B^{\frac{1}{3}}_{3,\infty,loc}\). In the second part of this paper, under the assumption that all entropy productions are in \(L^p_{loc}\), we establish a factorization formula for entropy productions of solutions of the Eikonal equation in terms of the two Jin-Kohn entropies. A consequence of this formula is control of all entropy productions by the Jin-Kohn entropies in the \(L^p\) setting - this is a strong extension of an earlier result of the authors [Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar\'{e}. Analyse Non Lin\'{e}aire 35 (2018), no. 2, 481-516].