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Asymptotic behavior for a one-dimensional nonlocal diffusion equation in exterior domains

Analysis of PDEs 2014-12-03 v1

Abstract

We study the long time behavior of solutions to the nonlocal diffusion equation tu=Juu\partial_t u=J*u-u in an exterior one-dimensional domain, with zero Dirichlet data on the complement. In the far field scale, ξ1xt1/2ξ2\xi_1\le|x|t^{-1/2}\le\xi_2, ξ1,ξ2>0\xi_1,\xi_2>0, this behavior is given by a multiple of the dipole solution for the local heat equation with a diffusivity determined by JJ. However, the proportionality constant is not the same on R+\mathbb{R}_+ and R\mathbb{R}_-: it is given by the asymptotic first momentum of the solution on the corresponding half line, which can be computed in terms of the initial data. In the near field scale, xt1/2h(t)|x|\le t^{1/2}h(t), limth(t)=0\lim_{t\to\infty}h(t)=0, the solution scaled by a factor t3/2/(x+1)t^{3/2}/(|x|+1) converges to a stationary solution of the problem that behaves as b±xb^\pm{x} as x±x\to\pm\infty. The constants b±b^\pm are obtained through a matching procedure with the far field limit. In the very far field, xt1/2g(t)|x|{\ge}t^{1/2} g(t), g(t)g(t)\to\infty, the solution has order o(t1)o(t^{-1}).

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@article{arxiv.1412.0731,
  title  = {Asymptotic behavior for a one-dimensional nonlocal diffusion equation in exterior domains},
  author = {Carmen Cortázar and Manuel Elgueta and Fernando Quirós and Noemi Wolanski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.0731},
  year   = {2014}
}

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