Smoothness and long time existence for solutions of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on manifolds with conical singularities

Abstract

We consider the Cahn-Hilliard equation on manifolds with conical singularities. For appropriate initial data, we show that the solution exists in the maximal $L^q$-regularity space for all times and becomes instantaneously smooth in space and time, where the maximal $L^q$-regularity is obtained in the sense of Mellin-Sobolev spaces. Moreover, we provide precise information concerning the asymptotic behavior of the solution close to the conical tips in terms of the local geometry.