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Stability of solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We bound the difference between solutions uu and vv of ut=aΔu+\Divxf+hu_t = a\Delta u+\Div_x f+h and vt=bΔv+\Divxg+kv_t = b\Delta v+\Div_x g+k with initial data ϕ\phi and ψ \psi, respectively, by u(t,)v(t,)Lp(E)AE(t)ϕψL(Rn)2ρp+B(t)(ab+xfxg+fugu+hk)ρp\absEηp\Vert u(t,\cdot)-v(t,\cdot)\Vert_{L^p(E)}\le A_E(t)\Vert \phi-\psi\Vert_{L^\infty(\R^n)}^{2\rho_p}+ B(t)(\Vert a-b\Vert_{\infty}+ \Vert \nabla_x\cdot f-\nabla_x\cdot g\Vert_{\infty}+ \Vert f_u-g_u\Vert_{\infty} + \Vert h-k\Vert_{\infty})^{\rho_p} \abs{E}^{\eta_p}. Here all functions aa, ff, and hh are smooth and bounded, and may depend on uu, xRnx\in\R^n, and tt. The functions aa and hh may in addition depend on u\nabla u. Identical assumptions hold for the functions that determine the solutions vv. Furthermore, ERnE\subset\R^n is assumed to be a bounded set, and ρp\rho_p and ηp\eta_p are fractions that depend on nn and pp. The diffusion coefficients aa and bb are assumed to be strictly positive and the initial data are smooth.

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@article{arxiv.math/0306160,
  title  = {Stability of solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations},
  author = {Giuseppe Maria Coclite and Helge Holden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306160},
  year   = {2007}
}

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