Global solutions of the fast diffusion equation with gradient absorption terms

We investigate the existence of nonnegative weak solutions to the problem ut=Δ(um)−p|∇u| in Rn×(0,∞) with ⁺(1−2/n)<m<1. It will be proved that: (i) When 1<p<2, if the initial datum u₀∈D(Rn) then there exists a solution; (ii) When 1<p<(2+mn)/(n+1), if the initial datum u₀(x) is a bounded and nonnegative measure then the solution exists; (iii) When (2+mn)/(n+1)?p<2, if the initial datum is a Dirac mass then the solution does not exist. We also study the large time behavior of the L¹-norm of solutions for 1<p?(2+mn)/(n+1), and the large time behavior of t1/β‖u(⋅,t)−Ec(⋅,t)L^∞_‖ for (2+mn)/(n+1)<p<2.     

Asymptotic behaviour of solutions to some pseudoparabolic equations

The aim of this paper is to investigate the behaviour as t→∞ of solutions to the Cauchy problem u_t−△u_t−v△u−(b,∇u)=∇⋅F(u),u(x,0)=u₀(x), where v>0 is a fixed constant, t≥0, x∈Ω, Ω is a bounded domain in Rⁿ. We will first establish an a priori estimate. Then, we establish the global existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence of the weak solution for the Sobolev-Galpern type equation with the Dirichlet boundary.     

Existence of a unique solution to a quasilinear elliptic equation

The purpose of this paper is to prove the existence of a unique classical solution u(x) to the quasilinear elliptic equation −∇⋅(a(u)∇u)+v⋅∇u=f, where u(x₀)=u₀ at x₀∈Ω and where n⋅∇u=g on the boundary ∂Ω. We prove that if the functions a, f, v, g satisfy certain conditions, then a unique classical solution u(x) exists. Applications include stationary heat/diffusion problems with convection and with a source/sink, where the value of the solution is known at a spatial location x₀∈Ω, and where n⋅∇u is known on the boundary.     

Scalar conservation laws with general boundary condition and continuous flux function

We introduce a notion of entropy solution for a scalar conservation law on a bounded domain with nonhomogeneous boundary condition: ut+divΦ(u)=f on Q=(0,T)×Ω, u(0,⋅)=u₀ on Ω and “u=a on some part of the boundary (0,T)×∂Ω.” Existence and uniqueness of the entropy solution is established for any Φ∈C(R;RN), u₀∈L^∞(Ω), f∈L^∞(Q), a∈L^∞((0,T)×∂Ω). In the L¹-setting, a corresponding result is proved for the more general notion of renormalised entropy solution.     

Convergence of the Dirichlet solutions of the very fast diffusion equation

For any −1<m<0, positive functions f, g and u₀≥0, we prove that under some mild conditions on f, g and u₀ as R→∞ the solution u^R of the Dirichlet problem u_t=(u^m/m)_xx in (−R,R)×(0,∞), u(R,t)=(f(t)|m|R)^1/m, u(−R,t)=(g(t)|m|R)^1/m for all t>0, u(x,0)=u₀(x) in (−R,R), converges uniformly on every compact subset of R×(0,T) to the solution of the equation u_t=(u^m/m)_xx in R×(0,T), u(x,0)=u₀(x) in R, which satisfies some mass loss formula on (0,T) where T is the maximal time such that the solution u is positive. We also prove that the solution constructed is equal to the solution constructed in Hui (2007) [15] using approximation by solutions of the corresponding Neumann problem in bounded cylindrical domains.     

Multiple positive solutions of nonhomogeneous elliptic systems with strongly indefinite structure and critical Sobolev exponents

In this paper, we study the existence of multiple positive solutions to some Hamiltonian elliptic systems −Δv=λu+u^p+εf(x), −Δu=μv+v^q+δg(x) in Ω;u,v>0 in Ω; u=v=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in R^N (N?3); 0?f, g∈L∞(Ω); 1/(p+1)+1/(q+1)=(N−2)/N, p,q>1; λ,μ>0. Using sub- and supersolution method and based on an adaptation of the dual variational approach, we prove the existence of at least two nontrivial positive solutions for all λ,μ∈(0,λ₁) and ε,δ∈(0,δ₀), where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator −Δ with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and δ₀ is a positive number.     

Local existence of solutions to some degenerate parabolic equation associated with the p-Laplacian

The existence of local (in time) solutions of the initial-boundary value problem for the following degenerate parabolic equation: ut(x,t)−Δpu(x,t)−|u|^q−2u(x,t)=f(x,t), (x,t)∈Ω×(0,T), where 2?p<q<+∞, Ω is a bounded domain in RN, is given and Δp denotes the so-called p-Laplacian defined by Δpu:=∇⋅(|∇u|^p−2∇u), with initial data u₀∈Lr(Ω) is proved under r>N(q−p)/p without imposing any smallness on u₀ and f. To this end, the above problem is reduced into the Cauchy problem for an evolution equation governed by the difference of two subdifferential operators in a reflexive Banach space, and the theory of subdifferential operators and potential well method are employed to establish energy estimates. Particularly, Lr-estimates of solutions play a crucial role to construct a time-local solution and reveal the dependence of the time interval [0,T₀] in which the problem admits a solution. More precisely, T₀ depends only on Lr|u₀| and f.     

On the Navier problem for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations

The Navier problem is to find a solution of the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations such that the normal component of the velocity and a linear combination of the tangential components of the velocity and the traction assume prescribed value a and s at the boundary. If Ω is exterior it is required that the velocity converges to an assigned constant vector u₀ at infinity. We prove that a solution exists in a bounded domain provided ‖a_‖L²(∂Ω) is less than a computable positive constant and is unique if ‖a_‖W1/2,2(∂Ω)+‖s_‖L²(∂Ω) is suitably small. As far as exterior domains are concerned, we show that a solution exists if ‖a_‖L²(∂Ω)+‖a−u₀⋅n_‖L²(∂Ω) is small.     

On nonlinear diffusion problems with strong degeneracy

In this paper, we study the “triply” degenerate problem: bt(v)−Δg(v)+divΦ(v)=f on Q:=(0,T)×Ω, b(v(0,⋅))=b(v₀) on Ω and “g(v)=g(a) on some part of the boundary (0,T)×∂Ω,” in the case of continuous nonhomogeneous and nonstationary boundary data a. The functions b,g are assumed to be continuous, locally Lipschitz, nondecreasing and to verify the normalization condition b(0)=g(0)=0 and the range condition R(b+g)=R. Using monotonicity and penalization methods, we prove existence of a weak renormalized entropy solution in the spirit of [K. Ammar, J. Carrillo, P. Wittbold, Scalar conservation laws with general boundary condition and continuous flux function, J. Differential Equations 228 (2006) 111-139].     

Positive solutions of Lane-Emden systems with negative exponents: Existence, boundary behavior and uniqueness

We study the existence, boundary behavior and uniqueness of solutions for the singular elliptic system −Δu=u^−pv^−q,−Δv=u^−rv^−s,u>0,v>0,x∈Ω,u|_∂Ω=v|_∂Ω=0, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in R^N, p,s≥0 and q,r>0. Our results are obtained in a range of p,q,r,s different from those in [M. Ghergu, Lane-Emden systems with negative exponents, J. Funct. Anal. 258 (2010) 3295-3318].     

A basic inequality for the Stokes operator related to the Navier boundary condition

We show that ‖Au+Δu_‖L²(Ωε)?C(ε‖∇u_‖L²(Ωε)+‖u_‖L²(Ωε)), where Ωε is a thin domain in R³ of depth ε, the vector field u belongs to the domain of A, which is the Stokes operator for divergence-free vector fields on Ωε satisfying the Navier boundary condition.     

Classification of type I and type II behaviors for a supercritical nonlinear heat equation

We study blow-up of radially symmetric solutions of the nonlinear heat equation ut=Δu+|u|^p−1u either on RN or on a finite ball under the Dirichlet boundary conditions. We assume and that the initial data is bounded, possibly sign-changing. Our first goal is to establish various characterizations of type I and type II blow-ups. Among many other things we show that the following conditions are equivalent: (a) the blow-up is of type II; (b) the rescaled solution w(y,s) converges to either φ^∗(y) or −φ^∗(y) as s→∞, where φ^∗ denotes the singular stationary solution; (c) u(x,T)/φ^∗(x) tends to ±1 as x→0, where T is the blow-up time.Our second goal is to study continuation beyond blow-up. Among other things we show that if a blow-up is of type I and incomplete, then its limit L¹ continuation becomes smooth immediately after blow-up, and that type I blow-up implies “type I regularization,” that is, (t−T)^1/(p−1)‖u(⋅,t)L^∞_‖ is bounded as t↘T. We also give various criteria for complete and incomplete blow-ups.     

Positivity, local smoothing, and Harnack inequalities for very fast diffusion equations

We investigate qualitative properties of local solutions u(t,x)?0 to the fast diffusion equation, t_∂u=Δ(um)/m with m<1, corresponding to general nonnegative initial data. Our main results are quantitative positivity and boundedness estimates for locally defined solutions in domains of the form [0,T]×Ω, with Ω⊆Rd. They combine into forms of new Harnack inequalities that are typical of fast diffusion equations. Such results are new for low m in the so-called very fast diffusion range, precisely for all m?mc=(d−2)/d. The boundedness statements are true even for m?0, while the positivity ones cannot be true in that range.     

An application of semigroups of locally Lipschitz operators to Carrier equations with acoustic boundary conditions

A generation theorem of semigroups of locally Lipschitz operators on a subset of a real Banach space is given and applied to the problem of the well-posedness of the Carrier equation utt−κ(‖u^‖2)Δu+γ|ut|^p−1ut=0 in Ω×(0,∞) with acoustic boundary condition, where p>2 and Ω is a bounded domain in an arbitrary dimensional space.     

Complete quenching for singular parabolic problems

We prove finite time extinction of the solution of the equation ut−Δu+χ{u>0}(u−β−λf(u))=0 in Ω×(0,∞) with boundary data u(x,t)=0 on ∂Ω×(0,∞) and initial condition u(x,0)=u₀(x) in Ω, where Ω⊂RN is a bounded smooth domain, 0<β<1 and λ>0 is a parameter. For every small enough λ>0 there exists a time t₀>0 such that the solution is identically equal to zero.     

Existence and multiplicity of solutions for quasilinear nonhomogeneous problems: An Orlicz-Sobolev space setting

We study the boundary value problem −div(log(1+q|∇u|)|∇u|^p−2∇u)=f(u) in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in RN with smooth boundary. We distinguish the cases where either f(u)=−λ|u|^p−2u+|u|^r−2u or f(u)=λ|u|^p−2u−|u|^r−2u, with p, q>1, p+q<min{N,r}, and r<(Np−N+p)/(N−p). In the first case we show the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for any λ>0. In the second case we prove the existence of a nontrivial weak solution if λ is sufficiently large. Our approach relies on adequate variational methods in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces.     

Solutions of the Cheeger problem via torsion functions

The Cheeger problem for a bounded domain Ω⊂RN, N>1 consists in minimizing the quotients |∂E|/|E| among all smooth subdomains E⊂Ω and the Cheeger constant h(Ω) is the minimum of these quotients. Let be the p-torsion function, that is, the solution of torsional creep problem −Δp?p=1 in Ω, ?p=0 on ∂Ω, where Δpu:=div(|∇u|^p−2∇u) is the p-Laplacian operator, p>1. The paper emphasizes the connection between these problems. We prove that . Moreover, we deduce the relation limp→¹⁺‖?p_‖L¹(Ω)?CNlimp→¹⁺‖?p_‖L^∞(Ω) where CN is a constant depending only of N and h(Ω), explicitely given in the paper. An eigenfunction u∈BV(Ω)∩L^∞(Ω) of the Dirichlet 1-Laplacian is obtained as the strong L¹ limit, as p→¹⁺, of a subsequence of the family {?p/‖?p_‖L¹(Ω)}_p>1. Almost all t-level sets Et of u are Cheeger sets and our estimates of u on the Cheeger set |E₀| yield |B₁|hN(B₁)?|E₀|hN(Ω), where B₁ is the unit ball in RN. For Ω convex we obtain u=|E₀|⁻¹χE₀.     

Solutions concentrating on higher dimensional subsets for singularly perturbed elliptic equations II

We construct spike layered solutions for the semilinear elliptic equation −ε²Δu+V(x)u=K(x)up−1 on a domain Ω⊂RN which may be bounded or unbounded. The solutions concentrate simultaneously on a finite number of m-dimensional spheres in Ω. These spheres accumulate as ε→0 at a prescribed sphere in Ω whose location is determined by the potential functions V,K.     

A note on positive evanescent solutions for a certain class of elliptic problems

This paper is devoted to the existence and properties of solutions of the following class of nonlinear elliptic differential equations Δu(x)+f(x,u(x))+g(‖x‖)x⋅∇u(x)=0, x∈Rn, ‖x‖>R. We prove existence of positive solutions vanishing at positive infinity. Our approach is based on the subsolution and supersolution method. The nonlinearity f covers both sublinear and superlinear cases and does not necessarily satisfy f(x,0)≡0. The asymptotic behavior of solutions is also described.     

Existence and uniqueness of nonnegative solutions for a boundary blow-up problem

Assume that Ω is a bounded domain in RN (N?3) with smooth boundary ∂Ω. In this work, we study existence and uniqueness of blow-up solutions for the problem −Δp(u)+c(x)|∇u|^p−1+F(x,u)=0 in Ω, where 2?p. Under some conditions related to the function F, we give a sufficient condition for existence and nonexistence of nonnegative blow-up solutions. We study also the uniqueness of these solutions.