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We discuss regularity and separation from potential barriers of solutions of the Cahn–Hilliard equation with singular potentials. Then we show that the same results can be obtained also for the non-isothermal, conserved Caginalp system.
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The research of H.P. was supported by the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, RVO:67985840.
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Londen, SO., Petzeltová, H. Regularity and separation from potential barriers for the Cahn–Hilliard equation with singular potential. J. Evol. Equ. 18, 1381–1393 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00028-018-0446-2
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