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Convergence to shock profiles for Burgers equation with singular fast-diffusion and boundary effect

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the asymptotic stability of viscous shock profile for the Burgers equation ut+f(u)x=(uxu1m)xu_t +f(u)_x = (\frac{u_{x}}{u^{1-m}})_x on the half-space (0,+)(0,+\infty), subject to the boundary conditions ux=0=u>0u|_{x=0}=u_->0 and ux=+=0u|_{x=+\infty}=0. Here, the parameter 12<m<1\frac{1}{2}<m<1 measures the strength of fast diffusion. A key challenge arises from the pronounced singularity in the diffusivity (uxu1m)x\left(\frac{u_x}{u^{1-m}} \right)_x at u=0u=0 and the boundary layer. We demonstrate that the long-time behavior of uu converges to a shifted shock profile U(xstd(t))U(x-st-d(t)), where d(t)d(t) is governed by the boundary layer dynamics at x=0x=0 and driven by the initial data u(x,0)u(x,0). To overcome the singularity from fast diffusion compounded by the bad effect of boundary layer for wave stability, some new techniques for weighted energy estimates are introduced artfully.

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@article{arxiv.2601.15900,
  title  = {Convergence to shock profiles for Burgers equation with singular fast-diffusion and boundary effect},
  author = {Xiaowen Li and Ming Mei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15900},
  year   = {2026}
}