THE NAGUMO EQUATION ON SELF－SIMILAR FRACTAL SETS

The Nagumo equationut ut=△u+bu(u-a)(1-u),t＞0 is investigated with initial data and zero Neumann boundary conditions on post-critically finite (p.c.f.) self-similar fractals that have regular harmonic structures and satisfy the separation condition. Such a nonlinear diffusion equation has no travelling wave solutions because of the“pathological” property of the fractal. However, it is shown that a global Hoelder continuous solution in spatial variables exists on the fractal considered. The Sobolev-type inequality plays a crucial role, which holds on such a class of p.c.f self-similar fractals. The heat kernel has an eigenfunction expansion and is well-defined due to a Weyl‘s formula. The large time asymptotic behavior of the solution is discussed, and the solution tends exponentially to the equilibrium state of the Nagumo equation as time tends to infinity if b is small.

THE NAGUMO EQUATION ON SELF-SIMILAR FRACTAL SETS

The Nagumo equation ut = △u+ bu(u-a)(1-u), t＞0is investigated with initial data and zero Neumann boundary conditions on post-critically finite (p.c.f.) self-similar fractals that have regular harmonic structures and satisfy the separation condition. Such a nonlinear diffusion equation has no travelling wave solutions because of the "pathological" property of the fractal. However, it is shown that a global Holder continuous solution in spatial variables exists on the fractal considered. The Sobolev-type inequality plays a crucial role, which holds on such a class of p.c.f self-similar fractals. The heat kernel has an eigenfunction expansion and is well-defined due to a Weyl's formula. The large time asymptotic behavior of the solution is discussed, and the solution tends exponentially to the equilibrium state of the Nagumo equation as time tends to infinity if b is small.