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Existence of new self-similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation

Analysis of PDEs 2025-06-02 v1

Abstract

Let n3n\ge 3, 0<m<n2n0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}, η>0\eta>0, η0>0\eta_0>0, ρ1>0\rho_1>0, ρ12<β<mρ1n2nm-\frac{\rho_1}{2}<\beta<\frac{m\rho_1}{n-2-nm} and α=2β+ρ11m\alpha=\frac{2\beta+\rho_1}{1-m}. We will prove the existence of radially symmetric solution of the equation Δ(fm/m)+αf+βxf=0\Delta(f^m/m)+\alpha f+\beta x\cdot\nabla f=0, f>0f>0, in Rn\mathbb{R}^n, which satisfies f(0)=η0f(0)=\eta_0, fr(0)=0f_r(0)=0. When β<mρ1n2nm\beta<\frac{m\rho_1}{n-2-nm} holds instead, we will also prove the existence of radially symmetric solution of the equation Δ(fm/m)+αf+βxf=0\Delta(f^m/m)+\alpha f+\beta x\cdot\nabla f=0, f>0f>0, in Rn{0}\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\{0\}, which satisfies limxxn2mf(x)=η\lim_{x\to\infty}|x|^{\frac{n-2}{m}}f(x)=\eta. As a consequence if f1f_1, f2f_2, are the solutions of the above two problems with ρ1=1\rho_1=1, then the function Vi(x,t)=(Tt)αfi(Tt)βx)V_i(x,t)=(T-t)^{\alpha}f_i(T-t)^{\beta} x), i=1,2i=1,2, are backward similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation ut=Δ(um/m)u_t=\Delta (u^m/m) in Rn×(,T)\mathbb{R}^n\times (-\infty,T) and (Rn{0})×(,T)(\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\{0\})\times (-\infty,T) respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2505.24131,
  title  = {Existence of new self-similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation},
  author = {Kin Ming Hui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24131},
  year   = {2025}
}

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