Improved equilibration rates to self-similarity for strong solutions of a thin-film and related evolution equations

This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of strong solutions to a family of nonlinear fourth-order evolution equations on the real line, with particular focus on the thin-film equation $\partial_tu = -(uu_{xxx})_x$. The method builds on the framework introduced by Carrillo and Toscani (Nonlinearity 27 (2014), 3159) for second-order nonlinear diffusion equations - by introducing a time-dependent rescaling that preserves the second moment, we establish sharp convergence rates toward the steady state in terms of the relative R\'enyi entropy. Compared to rates derived from the dissipation of the classical relative entropy, this approach yields improved estimates at early and intermediate times, and consequently a sharper convergence in the $L^1$-norm. The method is developed at a formal level for the family of fourth-order equations, including the well-known Derrida-Lebowitz-Speer-Spohn (DLSS) equation, but can be rigorously justified for strong solutions of the thin-film equation.

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  2025

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• Publication date

  2025-11-09

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Physics

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  arXiv 2511.06553
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