Existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a non-uniformly parabolic equation

In this paper we develop a unifying method to prove the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for the initial-boundary value problem of a non-uniformly parabolic equation. Some well-known parabolic equations are the special cases of this equation.     

Existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equation

In this paper we establish the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for the initial-boundary value problem of a fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equation.     

Generalized solutions of a nonlinear parabolic equation with generalized functions as initial data

In [H. Brézis, A. Friedman, Nonlinear parabolic equations involving measures as initial conditions, J. Math. Pure Appl. (9) (1983) 73–97.] Brézis and Friedman prove that certain nonlinear parabolic equations, with the δ-measure as initial data, have no solution. However in [J.F. Colombeau, M. Langlais, Generalized solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations with distributions as initial conditions, J. Math. Anal. Appl (1990) 186–196.] Colombeau and Langlais prove that these equations have a unique solution even if the δ-measure is substituted by any Colombeau generalized function of compact support. Here we generalize Colombeau and Langlais’ result proving that we may take any generalized function as the initial data. Our approach relies on recent algebraic and topological developments of the theory of Colombeau generalized functions and results from [J. Aragona, Colombeau generalized functions on quasi-regular sets, Publ. Math. Debrecen (2006) 371–399.].     

Existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions to a nonlinear parabolic equation of fourth order

This paper is devoted to studying the existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions to a nonlinear parabolic equation of fourth order: ut+∇⋅(|∇Δu|^p−2∇Δu)=f(u) in Ω⊂RN with boundary condition u=Δu=0 and initial data u₀. The substantial difficulty is that the general maximum principle does not hold for it. The solutions are obtained for both the steady-state case and the developing case by the fixed point theorem and the semi-discretization method. Unlike the general procedures used in the previous papers on the subject, we introduce two families of approximate solutions with determining the uniform bounds of derivatives with respect to the time and space variables, respectively. By a compactness argument with necessary estimates, we show that the two approximation sequences converge to the same limit, i.e., the solution to be determined. In addition, the decays of solutions towards the constant steady states are established via the entropy method. Finally, it is interesting to observe that the solutions just tend to the initial data u₀ as p→∞.     

Global existence and blowup of solutions for a parabolic equation with a gradient term

The author discusses the semilinear parabolic equation with . Under suitable assumptions on and , he proves that, if with , then the solutions are global, while if with 1$">, then the solutions blow up in a finite time, where is a positive solution of , with .

     

Existence of nontrivial nonnegative periodic solutions for a class of doubly degenerate parabolic equation with nonlocal terms

In this paper, the authors establish the existence of nontrivial nonnegative periodic solutions for a class of doubly degenerate parabolic equation with nonlocal terms by using the theory of Leray-Schauder's degree.     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions for a class of semilinear parabolic PDEs with non-Lipschitz coefficients

In this paper the existence and uniqueness of solutions for a class of semilinear parabolic partial differential equations with non-Lipschitz coefficients on Riemannian manifold are obtained. Two non-Lipschitz functions are provided to show our results.     

On a semilinear parabolic equation

We introduce a general class of potentials so that the semilinear parabolic equation in , , has global positive continuous solutions. These results extend the recent ones proved by Zhang to a more general class of potentials.

     

Viscosity solutions to a parabolic inhomogeneous equation associated with infinity Laplacian

We obtain the existence and uniqueness results of viscosity solutions to the initial and boundary value problem for a nonlinear degenerate and singular parabolic inhomogeneous equation of the form ut- ΔN∞u = f,where ΔN∞denotes the so-called normalized infinity Laplacian given by ΔN∞u =1|Du|2 D2 uD u, Du.     

Slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic inverse problems

We first extend slowly oscillating functions to a more general setting and investigate their properties. Then we show the existence and uniqueness of slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic equations and parabolic inverse problems.     

Existence of weak solutions of a nonlinear parabolic equation in a noncylindrical domain

Consider the mixed boundary value problem ?_tu + L[u] = f with a squareintegrable initial value and with zero boundary values in a domain Q. L[u] is a nonlinear elliptic operator in divergence form, defined on a domain with timedependent boundary. Weak solutions in cylindrical domains are used to construct a weak solution in Q by approximating Q by a system of cylinders. It is shown that this solution is continuously dependent on the initial value.     

Existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions to a singular parabolic equation

In this paper, we study the initial-boundary value problem for a class of singular parabolic equations. Under some conditions, we obtain the existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions to the problem by parabolic regularization method and the sub-super solutions method. As a byproduct, we prove the existence of solutions to some problems with gradient terms, which blow up on the boundary.     

Existence and some properties of weak solutions for a singular nonlinear parabolic equation

This paper deals with the initial and boundary value problem for a singular nonlinear parabolic equation. The existence of solutions is established by parabolic regularization. Some properties of solutions, for instance localization and large time behaviour are also discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Asymptotic behavior of positive solutions for heat equation with nonlinear term

We study the nonlinear parabolic equation , in Rn×(0,∞) with boundary condition u(x,0)=u₀(x), not necessarily bounded function. The nonlinearity φ((x,t),u) is required to satisfy some conditions related to the parabolic Kato class P^∞(Rn) while allowing existence of positive solutions of the equation and continuity of such solutions. Our approach is based on potential theory tools.     

Existence, uniqueness and asymptotic behavior of solutions for a singular parabolic equation

In this paper, we are concerned with a singular parabolic equation in a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂RN subject to zero Dirichlet boundary condition and initial condition φ?0. Under the assumptions on μ, φ and f(x,t), some existence and uniqueness results are obtained by applying parabolic regularization method and the sub-supersolutions method. We also discuss the asymptotic behaviors of solutions in the sense of and L^∞(0,T;L²(Ω)) norms as μ→0 or μ→∞. As a byproduct we obtain the existence of solutions for some problems which blow up on the boundary.     

Existence of solutions for a higher-order semilinear parabolic equation with singular initial data

We establish the existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a higher-order semilinear parabolic equation by introducing a new majorizing kernel. We also study necessary conditions on the initial data for the existence of local-in-time solutions and identify the strongest singularity of the initial data for the solvability of the Cauchy problem.     

Multidimensional exact solutions to a quasilinear parabolic equation with anisotropic heat conductivity

We prove invariance of a quasilinear parabolic equation with anisotropic heat conductivity in the three-dimensional coordinate space under some equivalence transformations and present some explicit formulas for these transformations. We consider nontrivial reductions of the equation to similar equations of less spatial dimension. Using these results, we construct new exact multidimensional solutions to the equation which depend on arbitrary harmonic functions.