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We develop a theory of existence, uniqueness and regularity for a porous medium equation with fractional diffusion, $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + (-\Delta)^{1/2} (|u|^{m-1}u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, with $m>m_*=(N-1)/N$, $N\ge1$ and $f\in…

In this paper we consider a semilinear elliptic equation with a strong singularity at $u=0$, namely $ \displaystyle u\geq 0 \mbox{ in } \Omega$, $ \displaystyle - div \,A(x) D u = F(x,u) \mbox{ in} \; \Omega$, $u = 0 \mbox{ on} \; \partial…

We study the regularity properties of the solutions to the nonlinear equation with fractional diffusion $$ \partial_tu+(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2}\varphi(u)=0, $$ posed for $x\in \mathbb{R}^N$, $t>0$, with $0<\sigma<2$, $N\ge1$. If the…

We prove the growth rate of global solutions of the equation $u_t=\Delta u-u^{-\nu}$ in $\R^n\times (0,\infty)$, $u(x,0)=u_0>0$ in $\R^n$, where $\nu>0$ is a constant. More precisely for any $0<u_0\in C(\R^n)$ satisfying…

We consider the Dirichlet problem u_t &= \Delta u + f(x, u, \nabla u)+ h(x, t),& \qquad &(x, t) \in \Omega \times (0, \infty), u &= 0, & \qquad &(x, t) \in \partial\Omega \times (0, \infty), on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset…

Consider the equation $$ u'(t)-\Delta u+|u|^\rho u=0, \quad u(0)=u_0(x), (1), $$ where $ u':=\frac {du}{dt}$, $ \rho=const >0, $ $x\in \mathbb{R}^3$, $t>0$. Assume that $u_0$ is a smooth and decaying function, $$\|u_0\|\:=\sup_{x\in…

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…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in $\RR^N$. We consider the problem $u_t= \Delta u + V(x) u^p$ in $\Omega \times [0,T)$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions $u=0$ on $\partial \Omega \times [0,T)$ and initial datum $u(x,0)= M \phi…

We study the positivity and regularity of solutions to the fractional porous medium equations $u_t+(-\Delta)^su^m=0$ in $(0,\infty)\times\Omega$, for $m>1$ and $s\in (0,1)$ and with Dirichlet boundary data $u=0$ in…

An evolution problem for abstract differential equations is studied. The typical problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u), \quad t\geq 0; \,\, u(0)=u_0;\quad \dot{u}=\frac {du}{dt}\qquad (*)$$ Here $A(t)$ is a linear bounded operator in a Hilbert…

When $2N/(N+1)<p<2$ and $0<q<p/2$, non-negative solutions to the singular diffusion equation with gradient absorption $$\partial\_tu-\Delta\_p u + |\nabla u|^q=0 \ \text{ in }\ (0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^N$$ vanish after a finite time. This…

We consider the large-time behavior of sign-changing solutions of the inhomogeneous equation $u_t-\Delta u=|x|^\alpha |u|^{p}+\zeta(t)\,{\mathbf w}(x)$ in $(0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^N$, where $N\geq 3$, $p>1$, $\alpha>-2$, $\z, {\mathbf…

We study the large-time behaviour of the solutions of the evolution equation involving nonlinear diffusion and gradient absorption, $$ \partial_t u - \Delta_p u + |\nabla u|^q=0 . $$ We consider the problem posed for $x\in \real^N$ and t>0…

In this paper, under very general assumptions, we prove existence and regularity of distributional solutions to homogeneous Dirichlet problems of the form $$\begin{cases} \displaystyle - \Delta_{1} u = h(u)f & \text{in}\, \Omega,\newline…

We consider non-negative, weak solutions to the doubly nonlinear parabolic equation $$ \partial_t u^q-\mbox{div}(|Du|^{p-2}Du)=0 $$ in the super-critical fast diffusion regime $0<p-1<q<\frac{N(p-1)}{(N-p)_+}$. We show that when solutions…

In this paper we deal with uniqueness of solutions to the following problem \[ \begin{cases} \begin{split} & u_t-\Delta_p u=H(t,x,\nabla u) &\quad \text{in}\quad Q_T,\\ & u (t,x) =0 &\quad \text{on}\quad(0,T)\times \partial \Omega,\\ &…

Let $\Omega\subset\R^n$ be a smooth bounded domain and let $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\in\Omega$, $\widehat{\Omega}=\Omega\setminus\{a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\}$ and $\widehat{R^n}=\R^n\setminus\{a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\}$. We prove the existence of…

In this paper we prove existence of nonnegative solutions to parabolic Cauchy-Dirichlet problems with superlinear gradient terms which are possibly singular. The model equation is \[ u_t - \Delta_pu=g(u)|\nabla u|^q+h(u)f(t,x)\qquad…

We show that the elliptic problem $\Delta u+f(u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, with $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$ and $f(0)=0$ does not have nontrivial stable solutions that decay to zero at infinity, provided that $f$ is nonincreasing near the…

We consider the singular perturbation problem $$ \Delta u_\epsilon=\beta_\epsilon(u_\epsilon), $$ where $\beta_\epsilon(s)=\frac{1}{\epsilon}\beta(\frac{s}{\epsilon})$, $\beta$ is a Lipschitz continuous function such that $\beta>0$ in $(0,…