A Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map for the Allen-Cahn Equation on Manifolds with Boundary

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of Dirichlet minimizers to the Allen--Cahn equation on manifolds with boundary, and we relate the Neumann data to the geometry of the boundary. We show that Dirichlet minimizers are asymptotically local in orders of $\epsilon$ and compute expansions of the solution to high order. A key tool is showing that the linearized allen-cahn operator is invertible at the heteroclinic solution, on functions with $0$ boundary condition. We apply our results to separating hypersurfaces in closed Riemannian manifolds. This gives a projection theorem about Allen--Cahn solutions near minimal surfaces, as constructed by Pacard--Ritore.