A sufficient condition for blowup solutions of nonlinear heat equations

The author discusses the initial-boundary value problem (u_i)_t=Δu_i+f_i(u₁,…,u_m) with and u_i(x,0)=φ_i(x), i=1,…,m, in a bounded domain Ω⊂Rn. Under suitable assumptions on f_i, he proves that, if φ_i?(1+ε₀)ψ_i in , for some small ε₀>0, then the solutions blow up in a finite time, where ψ_i is a positive solution of Δψ_i+f_i(ψ₁,…,ψ_m)?0, with ψ_i|_∂Di=0 for i=1,…,m. If m=1, the initial value can be negative in a subset of Ω.     

Blow-up of solutions of nonlinear wave equations in three space dimensions

Let u(x,t) be a solution, uA|u|^p for xIR₃, t0 where is the d'Alembertian, and A, p are constants with A>0, 10–|x–x⁰|, if the initial data u(x,0), u_t(x,0) have their support in the ball |x–x⁰|t₀. In particular global solutions of u=A|u|^p with initial data of compact support vanish identically. On the other hand for A>0, p>1+2 global solutions of u=A|u|^p exist, if the initial data are of compact support and u is sufficiently small in a suitable norm. For p=2 the time at which u becomes infinite is of order u^–2.Dedicated to Hans Lewy and Charles B. Morrey, Jr.The research for this paper was performed at the Courant Institute and supported by the Office of Naval Research under Contract No. N00014-76-C-0301. Reproduction in whole or part is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.     

Decay of solutions of nonlinear wave equations in three space dimensions

Given a solution of the Cauchy problem for nonlinear wave equations of the type $\text{?}{}^2\text{u}\text{?t}{}^2\text{? Δu + f(u) = 0}$ in three space dimensions the asymptotic behaviour in time is considered. It is shown that for nonlinearities which behave like powers $\text{¦u¦}{}^{\mathrm{\sigma \; ?\; 1}}\text{u}$ uniform decay holds with a certain rate depending on σ if $\text{5 > σ >}\text{1}\text{2}\text{+}\text{1}\text{2}\text{√13}$, and moreover scattering states exist if σ is not too small. This improves former results of W. A. Strauss (J. Funct. Anal. 2 (1968), 409–457).     

Blow-up of solutions to nonlinear wave equations in two space dimensions

The present paper studies the blow-up of solutions to nonlinear wave equations whose nonlinear terms are proposed by F. John. We shall show that the solutions to the equations in two space dimensions blow up at finite time if the power in nonlinear term is equal to or smaller than three. Our basic idea is to use the fundamental identity for the iterated spherical means.     

Source-type solutions of heat equations with convection in several variables space

In this paper we study the source-type solution for the heat equation with convection: ut = △u + ■· ▽un for (x,t) ∈ ST→ RN × (0,T] and u(x,0) = δ(x) for x ∈ RN, where δ(x) denotes Dirac measure in = RN,N 2,n 0 and b = (b1,...,bN) ∈ RN is a vector. It is shown that there exists a critical number pc = N+2 such that the source-type solution to the above problem exists and is unique if 0 N n < pc and there exists a unique similarity source-type solution in the case n = N+1 , while such a solution does not exist...     

Thermal avalanche for blowup solutions of semilinear heat equations

We consider the semilinear heat equation u_t = Δu + u^p both in ?^N and in a bounded domain with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, with 1 < p < p_s where p_s is the Sobolev exponent. This problem has solutions with finite‐time blowup; that is, for large enough initial data there exists T < ∞ such that u is a classical solution for 0 < t < T, while it becomes unbounded as t ↗ T. In order to understand the situation for t > T, we consider a natural approximation by reaction problems with global solution and pass to the limit. As is well‐known, the limit solution undergoes complete blowup: after it blows up at t = T, the continuation is identically infinite for all t > T. We perform here a deeper analysis of how complete blowup occurs. Actually, the singularity set of a solution that blows up as t ↗ T propagates instantaneously at time t = T to cover the whole space, producing a catastrophic discontinuity between t = T^? and t = T⁺. This is called the “avalanche.” We describe its formation as a layer appearing in the limit of the natural approximate problems. After a suitable scaling, the initial structure of the layer is given by the solution of a limit problem, described by a simple ordinary differential equation. As t proceeds past T, the solutions of the approximate problems have a traveling wave behavior with a speed that we compute. The situation in the inner region depends on the type of approximation: a conical pattern is formed with time when we approximate the power u^p by a flat truncation at level n, while for tangent truncations we get an exponential increase in time and a diffusive spatial pattern. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Optimal estimates for blowup rate and behavior for nonlinear heat equations

We first describe all positive bounded solutions of where \input amstex \loadmsbm $(y,s)\in \Bbb R^N\times \Bbb R$ , 1 < p, and (N − 2)p ≤ N + 2. We then obtain for blowup solutions u(t) of uniform estimates at the blowup time and uniform space-time comparison with solutions of u′ = u^p. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

A theorem of global existence of solutions to nonlinear wave equations in four space dimensions

In this paper, the following nonlinear wave equation is considered; □u=F(u, D u, D _x D u),x∈R ⁿ ,t>0; u=u ⁰ (x), u _t =u ¹ (x), t=0. We prove that if the space dimensionn ≥ 4 and the nonlinearityF is smooth and satisfies a mild condition in a small neighborhood of the origin, then the above problem admits a unique and smooth global solution (in time) whenever the initial data are small and smooth. The strategy in proof is to use and improve Global Sobolev Inequalities in Minkowski space (see [8]), and to develop a generalized energy estimate for solutions.     

Global existence and blowup for sign-changing solutions of the nonlinear heat equation

In this paper, given 0<α<2/N, we prove the existence of a function ψ with the following properties. The solution of the equation ut−Δu=α|u|u on RN with the initial condition u(0)=ψ is global. On the other hand, the solution with the initial condition u(0)=λψ blows up in finite time if λ>0 is either sufficiently small or sufficiently large.     

Sign-changing stationary solutions and blowup for a nonlinear heat equation in dimension two

Consider the nonlinear heat equation $$v_t -\Delta v=|v|^{p-1}v \qquad \qquad \qquad (NLH)$$ in the unit ball of \({\mathbb{R}^2}\) , with Dirichlet boundary condition. Let \({u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) be a radially symmetric, sign-changing stationary solution having a fixed number \({\mathcal{K}}\) of nodal regions. We prove that the solution of (NLH) with initial value \({\lambda u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) blows up in finite time if |λ ?1| > 0 is sufficiently small and if p is sufficiently large. The proof is based on the analysis of the asymptotic behavior of \({u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) and of the linearized operator \({L= -\Delta - p | u_{p,\mathcal{K}} | ^{p-1}}\) .     

Sign-changing stationary solutions and blowup for the nonlinear heat equation in a ball

In this paper, we prove that if is a radially symmetric, sign-changing stationary solution of the nonlinear heat equation

Similarity solutions of dispersive long-wave equations in two space dimensions

In this paper, both the direct method and the non-classical Lie approach are applied to reduce the (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equations. Nine types of two-dimensional PDE reductions and 13 types of ODE reductions are given. All the known reductions obtained by the classical Lie approach are reobtained as some special cases. Similar to the (1 + 1)-dimensional case, some types of reductions with essential and logarithmic singular characteristic manifolds are allowed although the model is integrable.     

Recurrent dimensions of quasi-periodic solutions for nonlinear evolution equations

In this paper we introduce recurrent dimensions of discrete dynamical systems and we give upper and lower bounds of the recurrent dimensions of the quasi-periodic orbits. We show that these bounds have different values according to the algebraic properties of the frequency and we investigate these dimensions of quasi-periodic trajectories given by solutions of a nonlinear PDE.

     

Scattering operator for nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations in higher space dimensions

We prove the existence of the scattering operator in the neighborhood of the origin in the weighted Sobolev space Hβ,1 with for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation with a power nonlinearity

     

Time decay for nonlinear wave equations in two space dimensions

The Cauchy Problem for the equation u_tt–u+|u|^p–1u=0 (x², t>0, >1) is studied. Smooth Cauchy data is prescribed, and no smallness condition is imposed. For >5, it is shown that the maximum amplitude of such a wave decays at the expected rate t^–1/2 as t. For 1+8<5, the maximum amplitude still decays, but at a slower rate. These results are then used to demonstrate the existence of the scattering operator when >_o, where _o is the root of the cubic equation ³-2²-7-8=0; thus _o4.15.Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow