The self-similar solutions to a fast diffusion equation

A quasilinear equation u -x·u/2+f(u)=0 is studied, wheref(u)=–u+u , > 0, 0<. <1, >1 andx R ⁿ. The equation arises from the study of blow-up self-similar solutions of the heat equation _t =+. We prove the existence and non-existence of ground state for various combination of , and . In particular, we prove that when / < forn=1,2 or / < (n + 2) /(n – 2) forn 3 there exists no non-constant positive radial self-similar solution of the parabolic equation, but for many cases where / > (n + 2)/(n – 2) there exists an infinite number of non-constant positive radial self-similar solutions.     

Convergence to self-similar solutions for a coagulation equation

Convergence to self-similar profiles is shown for solutions to the Oort-Hulst-Safronov coagulation equation with constant coagulation kernel. A dynamical systems approach is used on the equation written in self-similar variables, for which two Liapunov functionals are identified. For initial data decaying sufficiently rapidly at infinity, decay rates are also obtained.Received: October 17, 2002     

Large time behavior of solutions for the nonlinear wave equation with viscosity in odd dimensions

We study the dissipation of solutions of the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear dissipative wave equation in odd multi-spatial dimensions. Pointwise estimates of the time-asymptotic shape of the solutions are obtained and shown to exhibit the generalized Huygens principle. Our approach is based on the detailed analysis of the Green function of the linearized system. This is used to study the coupling of nonlinear diffusion waves.     

Asymptotic analysis for blow-up solutions in parabolic equations involving variable exponents

In this article, we consider non-negative solutions of the homogeneous Dirichlet problems of parabolic equations with local or nonlocal nonlinearities, involving variable exponents. We firstly obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions on the existence of blow-up solutions, and also obtain some Fujita-type conditions in bounded domains. Secondly, the blow-up rates are determined, which are described completely by the maximums of the variable exponents. Thirdly, we show that the blow-up occurs only at a single point for the equations with local nonlinearities, and in the whole domain for nonlocal nonlinearities.     

On the blow-up of solutions to the periodic Camassa-Holm equation

We prove a blow-up result for a nonlinear shallow water equation by showing that certain initial profiles evolve into breaking waves.     

Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equation

We prove existence, uniqueness and regularity results for the global solutions of the semilinear wave equations. In particular, we show existence of regular self-similar solutions. Also, we build some finite-energy asymptotically self-similar solutions. Received: 20 September 1999; in final form: 10 May 2000 / Published online: 25 June 2001     

The asymptotics of blow-up solutions to a degenerate parabolic equation

Summary In this paper a quasilinear parabolic equation with strong nonlinearity is studied. This equation may have solutions which blow up in finite time, a global behaviour which has been studied extensively in recent years. By using the invariant property of equation and the scaling invariant solutions-self-similar solutions it is proved that the solutions of the Cauchy problem inR ⁿ with a class of specified initial values will blow up in finite time at a single point.     

Global solutions and blow-up phenomena to a shallow water equation

A nonlinear shallow water equation, which includes the famous Camassa-Holm (CH) and Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equations as special cases, is investigated. The local well-posedness of solutions for the nonlinear equation in the Sobolev space Hs(R) with is developed. Provided that does not change sign, u₀∈Hs () and u₀∈L¹(R), the existence and uniqueness of the global solutions to the equation are shown to be true in u(t,x)∈C([0,∞);Hs(R))∩C¹([0,∞);Hs−1(R)). Conditions that lead to the development of singularities in finite time for the solutions are also acquired.     

Profiles of blow-up solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation

This paper is concerned with the blow-up solutions of the Cauchy problem for Gross-Pitaevskii equation.In terms of Merle and Raphёel＇s arguments as well as Carles＇ transformation,the limiting profiles of blow-up solutions are obtained.In addition,the nonexistence of a strong limit at the blow-up time and the existence of L2 profile outside the blow-up point for the blow-up solutions are obtained.     

Dispersive blow-up for solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

The main purpose here is the study of dispersive blow-up for solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation. Dispersive blow-up refers to point singularities due to the focusing of short or long waves. We will construct initial data such that solutions of the linear problem present this kind of singularities. Then we show that the corresponding solutions of the nonlinear problem present dispersive blow-up inherited from the linear component part of the equation. Similar results are obtained for the generalized Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation.     

On the blow-up of solutions to a nonlinear dispersive rod equation

Using a variational approach we prove an optimal nonlinear convolution inequality. This result is then applied to give criteria for finite-time blow-up of solutions to a nonlinear model equation in elasticity, improving considerably upon recent blow-up results.     

Asymptotically self-similar solutions of the damped wave equation

We consider the damped hyperbolic equation

(1)     

decay problem for the dissipative wave equation in odd dimensions

Consider the Cauchy problem in odd dimensions for the dissipative wave equation: (□+∂_t)u=0 in with (u,∂_tu)|_t=0=(u₀,u₁). Because the L² estimates and the L^∞ estimates of the solution u(t) are well known, in this paper we pay attention to the L^p estimates with 1p<2 (in particular, p=1) of the solution u(t) for t0. In order to derive L^p estimates we first give the representation formulas of the solution u(t)=∂_tS(t)u₀+S(t)(u₀+u₁) and then we directly estimate the exact solution S(t)g and its derivative ∂_tS(t)g of the dissipative wave equation with the initial data (u₀,u₁)=(0,g). In particular, when p=1 and n1, we get the L¹ estimate: u(t)_L¹Ce^−t/4(u_0W^n,1+u_1W^n−1,1)+C(u_0L¹+u_1L¹) for t0.     

Global blow-up of separable solutions of the vorticity equation

In this paper we construct solutions to the equation on a finite interval in y which blow-up globallyin finite time. This equation arises in a number of physicalsituations and can be derived from the vorticity equation bylooking for stagnation-point type separable solutions for thetwo-dimensional streamfunction of the form xu(y, t). In theparticular application which has prompted the investigationreported in this paper, (*) is solved subject to boundary conditionsinvolving ²u/y². For this type of boundary condition the phenomenonof blow-up was first observed numerically by solving the initial-boundary-valueproblem for (*). These computations reveal that, depending onthe parameter combinations chosen, the solution to the initial-valueproblem may either blow-up globally in finite time or approacha steady state as t . Using the computations as a guide weconstruct the analytic behaviour of the solution close to theblow-up time using the methods of formal asymptotics.     

Existence and blow-up of solutions of a pseudoparabolic equation

We obtain sufficient blow-up conditions for the solution of a nonlinear differential problem with given initial and boundary conditions. We prove the solvability of this problem in any finite cylinder under some restrictions on the nonlinear operators.     

Limiting profile of blow-up solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation

This paper is concerned with the blow-up solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Using the concentration compact principle and the variational characterization of the corresponding ground state, we obtain the limiting profile of blow-up solutions with critical mass in the corresponding weighted energy space. Moreover, we extend this result to small super-critical mass case by the variational methods and scaling technique. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10771151) and Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (Grant No. 2006A068)     

On self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equations in higher space dimensions

In this paper we analyze self-similar solutions of the semilinear wave equation Φ_tt − ΔΦ − Φ^p = 0 for n > 3 space dimensions. We found several classes of analytic solutions labeled by a single parameter, the form of which differ in the vicinity of the light cone. We also propose suitable numerical methods to study them.     

Non-simple blow-up solutions for the Neumann two-dimensional sinh-Gordon equation

For the Neumann sinh-Gordon equation on the unit ball

Nonexistence of backward self-similar blowup solutions to a supercritical semilinear heat equation

We consider a Cauchy problem for a semilinear heat equation

with p>p_S where p_S is the Sobolev exponent. If u(x,t)=(T−t)^−1/(p−1)φ((T−t)^−1/2x) for xR^N and t[0,T), where φ is a regular positive solution of

(P)

then u is called a backward self-similar blowup solution. It is immediate that (P) has a trivial positive solution κ≡(p−1)^−1/(p−1) for all p>1. Let p_L be the Lepin exponent. Lepin obtained a radial regular positive solution of (P) except κ for p_S<p<p_L. We show that there exist no radial regular positive solutions of (P) which are spatially inhomogeneous for p>p_L.