@Article{AAM-37-31, author = {Li , Dong and Tang , Tao}, title = {Stability of the Semi-Implicit Method for the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Logarithmic Potentials}, journal = {Annals of Applied Mathematics}, year = {2021}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, pages = {31--60}, abstract = {

We consider the two-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation with logarithmic potentials and periodic boundary conditions. We employ the standard semi-implicit numerical  scheme, which treats the linear fourth-order dissipation term implicitly and the nonlinear term explicitly. Under natural constraints on the time step we prove strict phase separation and energy stability of the semi-implicit scheme. This appears to be the first rigorous result for the semi-implicit discretization of the Cahn-Hilliard equation with singular potentials.

}, issn = {}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/aam.OA-2020-0003}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aam/18630.html} }