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Liouville theorems and Fujita exponent for nonlinear space fractional diffusions

Analysis of PDEs 2017-06-06 v1

Abstract

We consider non-negative solutions to the semilinear space-fractional diffusion problem (t+(Δ)α/2)u=ρ(x)up(\partial_t+(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2})u=\rho(x)u^p on whole space RnR^n with nonnegative initial data and with (Δ)α/2(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2} being the α\alpha-Laplacian operator, α(0,2)\alpha\in (0,2). Here p>0p>0 and ρ(x)\rho(x) is a non-negative locally integrable function. For ρ(x)=1\rho(x)=1 we show that the fujita exponent is pF=1+αnp_F=1+\frac{\alpha}{n} and the Liouville type result for the stationary equation is true for 0<p1+αnα0<p\leq 1+\frac{\alpha}{n-\alpha}. When p=1/2p=1/2 and ρ(x)\rho(x) satisfies an integrable condition, there is at least one positive solution. This existence result is proved after we establish a uniqueness result about solutions of fractional Poisson equation.

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@article{arxiv.1706.01251,
  title  = {Liouville theorems and Fujita exponent for nonlinear space fractional diffusions},
  author = {Li Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.01251},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages