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Asymptotic large time behavior of singular solutions of the fast diffusion equation

Analysis of PDEs 2015-08-11 v1

Abstract

We study the asymptotic large time behavior of singular solutions of the fast diffusion equation ut=Δumu_t=\Delta u^m in (Rn{0})×(0,)({\mathbb R}^n\setminus\{0\})\times(0,\infty) in the subcritical case 0<m<n2n0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}, n3n\ge3. Firstly, we prove the existence of singular solution uu of the above equation that is trapped in between self-similar solutions of the form of tαfi(tβx)t^{-\alpha} f_i(t^{-\beta}x), i=1,2i=1,2, with initial value u0u_0 satisfying A1xγu0A2xγA_1|x|^{-\gamma}\le u_0\le A_2|x|^{-\gamma} for some constants A2>A1>0A_2>A_1>0 and 21m<γ<n2m\frac{2}{1-m}<\gamma<\frac{n-2}{m}, where β:=12γ(1m)\beta:=\frac{1}{2-\gamma(1-m)}, α:=2β11m,\alpha:=\frac{2\beta-1}{1-m}, and the self-similar profile fif_i satisfies the elliptic equation \Delta f^m+\alpha f+\beta x\cdot \nabla f=0\quad \mbox{in ${\mathbb R}^n\setminus\{0\}$} with limx0xαβfi(x)=Ai\lim_{|x|\to0}|x|^{\frac{ \alpha}{ \beta}}f_i(x)=A_i and limxxn2mfi(x)=DAi\lim_{|x|\to\infty}|x|^{\frac{n-2}{m}}{f_i}(x)= D_{A_i} for some constants DAi>0D_{A_i}>0. When 21m<γ<n\frac{2}{1-m}<\gamma<n, under an integrability condition on the initial value u0u_0 of the singular solution uu, we prove that the rescaled function u~(y,τ):=tαu(tβy,t),τ:=logt, \tilde u(y,\tau):= t^{\,\alpha} u(t^{\,\beta} y,t),\quad{ \tau:=\log t}, converges to some self-similar profile ff as τ\tau\to\infty.

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@article{arxiv.1508.01980,
  title  = {Asymptotic large time behavior of singular solutions of the fast diffusion equation},
  author = {Kin Ming Hui and Soojung Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01980},
  year   = {2015}
}

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