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We construct nonnegative weak solutions to the singular parabolic free boundary problem \[ \partial_t u - \Delta u = - \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d} u} u_+^\gamma , \] where $\gamma \in (0,1]$, $u_+ := \max\{u,0\}$, and the term in the…

We study the long time behaviour of solutions of semi-linear parabolic equation of the following type $\partial_t u-\Delta u+a_0(x)u^q=0$ where $a_0(x) \geq d_0 \exp(\frac{\omega(|x|)}{|x|^2})$, $d_0>0$, $1>q>0$ and $\omega$ a positive…

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We analyze the semilinear elliptic equation $\Delta u=\rho(x) f(u)$, $u>0$ in ${\mathbf R}^D$ $(D\ge3)$, with a particular emphasis put on the qualitative study of entire large solutions, that is, solutions $u$ such that…

We consider the problem of multiplicity and uniqueness of radial solutions of a nonlinear elliptic equation of the form \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{gathered} \Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N, N\geq 2, \lim\limits_{|x|\to\infty}u(x)=0.…

In this paper, we consider the asymptotic behavior of traveling wave solutions of the degenerate nonlinear parabolic equation: $u_{t}=u^{p}(u_{xx}+u)-\delta u$ ($\delta = 0$ or $1$) for $\xi \equiv x - ct \to - \infty$ with $c>0$. We give a…

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We study two identification problems in relation with a strongly degenerate parabolic diffusion equation characterized by a vanishing diffusion coefficient $u\in W^{1,\infty},$ with the property $\frac{1}{u}\notin L^{1}. $ The aim is to…

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We consider the Fast Diffusion Equation $u_t=\Delta u^m$ posed in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \RR^d$ with homogeneous Dirichlet conditions; the exponent range is $m_s=(d-2)_+/(d+2)<m<1$. It is known that bounded positive…

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