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.     

Large time behavior of solutions to degenerate parabolic equations with weights

We study the degenerate parabolic equation t_∂u=a(δ(x))upΔu−g(u) in Ω×(0,∞), where Ω⊂RN (N?1) is a smooth bounded domain, p?1, δ(x)=dist(x,∂Ω) and a is a continuous nondecreasing function such that a(0)=0. Under some suitable assumptions on a and g we prove the existence and the uniqueness of a classical solution and we study its asymptotic behavior as t→∞.     

Formal solutions of semilinear heat equations

We study formal power series solutions to the initial value problem for semilinear heat equation t_∂u−Δu=f(u) with polynomial nonlinearity f and prove that they belong to the formal Gevrey class G². Next we give counterexamples showing that the solution, in general, is not analytic in time at t=0.     

Asymptotic spreading in heterogeneous diffusive excitable media

We establish propagation and spreading properties for nonnegative solutions of nonhomogeneous reaction-diffusion equations of the type:

t_∂u−∇⋅(A(t,x)∇u)+q(t,x)⋅∇u=f(t,x,u)     

Study of weak solutions for parabolic equations with nonstandard growth conditions

The authors of this paper study the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of the initial and boundary value problem for ut=div((uσ+d₀)|∇u|^p(x,t)−2∇u)+f(x,t). Localization property of weak solutions is also discussed.     

Blow-up problem for semilinear heat equation with absorption and a nonlocal boundary condition

In this paper we consider a semilinear parabolic equation u_t=Δu−c(x,t)u^p for (x,t)∈Ω×(0,∞) with nonlinear and nonlocal boundary condition u∣_{∂Ω×(0,∞)}=∫_Ωk(x,y,t)u^ldy and nonnegative initial data where p>0 and l>0. We prove some global existence results. Criteria on this problem which determine whether the solutions blow up in finite time for large or for all nontrivial initial data are also given.     

Global existence and blowup solutions for quasilinear parabolic equations

The authors discuss the quasilinear parabolic equation ut=∇⋅(g(u)∇u)+h(u,∇u)+f(u) with u_|∂Ω=0, u(x,0)=?(x). If f, g and h are polynomials with proper degrees and proper coefficients, they show that the blowup property only depends on the first eigenvalue of −Δ in Ω with Dirichlet boundary condition. For a special case, they obtain a sharp result.     

Decay rate for a class of viscoelasticity equation with nonlinear damping on the boundary

In this paper we study the equation of viscoelasticity

utt−uxxt−Fx(ux)=f(x,t)     

Entire solutions of sublinear elliptic equations in anisotropic media

We study the nonlinear elliptic problem −Δu=ρ(x)f(u) in RN (N?3), lim|x|→∞u(x)=?, where ??0 is a real number, ρ(x) is a nonnegative potential belonging to a certain Kato class, and f(u) has a sublinear growth. We distinguish the cases ?>0 and ?=0 and prove existence and uniqueness results if the potential ρ(x) decays fast enough at infinity. Our arguments rely on comparison techniques and on a theorem of Brezis and Oswald for sublinear elliptic equations.     

Pullback attractors and extremal complete trajectories for non-autonomous reaction-diffusion problems

We analyse the dynamics of the non-autonomous nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation

ut−Δu=f(t,x,u),     

Nontrivial solutions of Schrödinger equations with indefinite nonlinearities

We prove the existence of nontrivial solutions for the Schrödinger equation −Δu+V(x)u=aγ(x)f(u) in RN, where f is superlinear and subcritical at zero and infinity respectively, V is periodic and a(x) changes sign.     

Global existence and nonexistence of solution for Cauchy problem of multidimensional double dispersion equations

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem of multidimensional generalized double dispersion equations utt−Δu−Δutt+Δ²u=Δf(u), where f(u)=ap|u|. By potential well method we prove the existence and nonexistence of global weak solution without establishing the local existence theory. And we derive some sharp conditions for global existence and lack of global existence solution.     

Multiplicity of solutions for a class of semilinear Schrödinger equations with sign-changing potential

In this paper, we study the existence of infinitely many nontrivial solutions for a class of semilinear Schrödinger equations −Δu+V(x)u=f(x,u), x∈RN, where the primitive of the nonlinearity f is of superquadratic growth near infinity in u and the potential V is allowed to be sign-changing.     

Hele-Shaw type problems with dynamical boundary conditions

In this paper, we study the nonlinear evolution equation of Hele-Shaw type with dynamical boundary conditions. That is, the equation ut=Δw+f where u∈H(w) and H is the Heaviside function, with boundary condition μ(x,w)t_∂w+k∇w⋅ν=g, where ν denotes the outward normal vector of the fixed boundary of the domain. We prove existence, uniqueness and some qualitative properties of the solution.     

Free and forced vibrations of nonlinear wave equations in ball

First, we shall deal with the free vibrations of a nonlinear radially symmetric wave equation (∂_t²−△)u=f(r,u) in n-dimensional ball B_a with center at the origin and radius a, where f is smooth, monotone decreasing in u, and satisfies f(r,0)=0. f(r,u) has asymptotic properties . For n=1,3 we shall show the existence of infinitely many radially symmetric time-periodic solutions with different periods of irrational multiple of a. Second, we shall deal with BVP for a forced nonlinear wave equation (∂_t²−△)u=εg(r,t,u), where g is T-periodic in t and ε is a small parameter. Under some Diophantine condition on a/T we shall show the existence of time-periodic solutions of the BVP. For 1?n?5 we shall construct infinitely many T satisfying the above Diophantine inequality, using asymptotic expansions of the zero points of the Bessel functions.     

Remarks on large solutions of a class of semilinear elliptic equations

In this paper, we show existence, uniqueness and exact asymptotic behavior of solutions near the boundary to a class of semilinear elliptic equations −Δu=λg(u)−b(x)f(u) in Ω, where λ is a real number, b(x)>0 in Ω and vanishes on ∂Ω. The special feature is to consider g(u) and f(u) to be regularly varying at infinity and b(x) is vanishing on the boundary with a more general rate function. The vanishing rate of b(x) determines the exact blow-up rate of the large solutions. And the exact blow-up rate allows us to obtain the uniqueness result.     

Maximal regularity for non-autonomous Schrödinger type equations

In this paper we study the maximal regularity property for non-autonomous evolution equations t_∂u(t)+A(t)u(t)=f(t), u(0)=0. If the equation is considered on a Hilbert space H and the operators A(t) are defined by sesquilinear forms a(t,⋅,⋅) we prove the maximal regularity under a Hölder continuity assumption of t→a(t,⋅,⋅). In the non-Hilbert space situation we focus on Schrödinger type operators A(t):=−Δ+m(t,⋅) and prove Lp−Lq estimates for a wide class of time and space dependent potentials m.     

Uniform asymptotic stability for perturbed neutral delay differential equations

One-dimensional perturbed neutral delay differential equations of the form (x(t)−P(t,x(t−τ)))′=f(t,x_t)+g(t,x_t) are considered assuming that f satisfies −v(t)M(φ)?f(t,φ)?v(t)M(−φ), where M(φ)=max{0,max_s∈[−r,0]φ(s)}. A typical result is the following: if ‖g(t,φ)‖?w(t)‖φ‖ and , then the zero solution is uniformly asymptotically stable providing that the zero solution of the corresponding equation without perturbation (x(t)−P(t,x(t−τ)))′=f(t,x_t) is uniformly asymptotically stable. Some known results associated with this equation are extended and improved.     

Nonlocally related systems, linearization and nonlocal symmetries for the nonlinear wave equation

The nonlinear wave equation utt=(c²x(u)ux) arises in various physical applications. Ames et al. [W.F. Ames, R.J. Lohner, E. Adams, Group properties of utt=x[f(u)ux], Int. J. Nonlin. Mech. 16 (1981) 439-447] did the complete group classification for its admitted point symmetries with respect to the wave speed function c(u) and as a consequence constructed explicit invariant solutions for some specific cases. By considering conservation laws for arbitrary c(u), we find a tree of nonlocally related systems and subsystems which include related linear systems through hodograph transformations. We use existing work on such related linear systems to extend the known symmetry classification in [W.F. Ames, R.J. Lohner, E. Adams, Group properties of utt=x[f(u)ux], Int. J. Nonlin. Mech. 16 (1981) 439-447] to include nonlocal symmetries. Moreover, we find sets of c(u) for which such nonlinear wave equations admit further nonlocal symmetries and hence significantly further extend the group classification of the nonlinear wave equation.     

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.