Multiple-layer solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation on hyperbolic space

Abstract

In this paper we study the existence of multiple-layer solutions to the elliptic Allen-Cahn equation in hyperbolic space: \[ -Δ_{\mathbb H} u+F'(u)=0; \] here $F$ is a nonnegative double-well potential with nondegenerate minima. We prove that for any collection of widely separated, non-intersecting hyperplanes in ${\mathbb H}$, there is a solution to this equation which has nodal set very close to this collection of hyperplanes. Unlike the corresponding problem in $\RR^n$, there are no constraints beyond the separation parameter.

12 pages, 0 figures. Minor revisions, the stability argument is clarified from the previous version. To appear in PAMS