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The $α$-Limit Problem: Convergence of a Linear Degenerate Interface Transmission Problem

Toai Luong, Tadele Mengesha, Kerrek Stinson, Steven M. Wise and Ming Hei Wong

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10.48550/arxiv.2609.01237
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Computational ComplexityMathematical PhysicsComputational Physics

Abstract

We study the singular limit of a family of linear degenerate interface transmission problems arising from a regularization procedure in the newly proposed Two-Parameter Diffuse Domain Method (DDM2p). For $α>0$, the regularized problem admits a strictly convex variational formulation on $H^{1}(Ω)$. In the limit $α\to0$, the problem degenerates to a weakly coupled interface system with a nonstandard energy structure. To characterize the limit, we introduce a closed Hilbert subspace $\mathcal{H}\subset H^{1}(Ω)$, defined through an auxiliary Helmholtz problem on an annular subdomain $Ω_2\subset Ω$, and identify the limiting energy functional $\mathcal{E}_{0}$ on $\mathcal{H}$. We prove that the regularized energies $\mathcal{E}_α$ $Γ$-converge to $\mathcal{E}_{0}$ in the strong $L^{2}(Ω)$ topology, using the standard framework. Consequently, minimizers of $\mathcal{E}_α$ converge to the unique minimizer of $\mathcal{E}_{0}$, which is shown to be equivalent to the solution of the limiting interface problem. We further prove strong convergence $u_α\to u_{0}$ in $H^{1}(Ω)$ and establish an $O(α)$ convergence rate. Numerical experiments in one spatial dimension confirm the predicted first-order convergence rate and suggest that this rate is sharp.

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