Semilinear Diffusion Equations on Infinite Graphs: The Dissipative and Lipschitz Cases
Analysis of PDEs
2026-05-15 v3
Abstract
We study a class of semilinear diffusion equations on infinite, connected, weighted graphs, focusing on two types of nonlinearities: monotone decreasing and Lipschitz continuous. Under minimal structural assumptions on the graph, we establish existence, uniqueness, and regularity of mild solutions for initial data in spaces, with . Our approach relies on time discretization via an implicit Euler scheme and an exhaustion technique using Dirichlet subgraphs. As a by-product, we obtain existence and uniqueness results for a related time-independent equation. Finite-time extinction and positivity for solutions under a specific forcing term are also proved.
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@article{arxiv.2601.18549,
title = {Semilinear Diffusion Equations on Infinite Graphs: The Dissipative and Lipschitz Cases},
author = {Elvise Berchio and Davide Bianchi and Alberto G. Setti and Maria Vallarino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.18549},
year = {2026}
}