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In the paper, we derive Li-Yau gradient estimates and Souplet Zhang type estimates of the following equation \begin{equation*} \begin{split} u_t= \Delta_\xi p+\lambda u+A(u) , \end{split} \end{equation*} on complete noncompact metric…

We classify the smooth self-similar solutions of the semilinear heat equation $u_t=\Delta u+|u|^{p-1}u$ in $\mathbb{R}^n\times (0,T)$ satisfying an integral condition for all $p>1$ with positive speed. As a corollary, we prove that finite…

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In the steady Couette flow of a granular gas the sign of the heat flux gradient is governed by the competition between viscous heating and inelastic cooling. We show from the Boltzmann equation for inelastic Maxwell particles that a special…

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Classical and nonclassical symmetries of the nonlinear heat equation $$u_t=u_{xx}+f(u),\eqno(1)$$ are considered. The method of differential Gr\"obner bases is used both to find the conditions on $f(u)$ under which symmetries other than the…

We establish nonuniqueness of solutions for Cauchy problems of semilinear heat equations with a wide class of nonlinearities. Specifically, we consider \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu-\Delta u=f(u), & x\in\mathbb{R}^N,\ t>0,\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x), &…

We study the periodic and the Neumann boundary value problems associated with the second order nonlinear differential equation \begin{equation*} u'' + c u' + \lambda a(t) g(u) = 0, \end{equation*} where $g \colon…

We consider the following exponential reaction-diffusion equation involving a nonlinear gradient term: $$\partial_t U = \Delta U + \alpha|\nabla U|^2 + e^U,\quad (x, t)\in\mathbb{R}^N\times[0,T), \quad \alpha > -1.$$ We construct for this…

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We study the nonlinear generalized heat equation $C(u)u_t=\frac{1}{z^{\nu}}\left(K(u)z^{\nu}u_z\right)_z$, where $C(u)$ and $K(u)$ are temperature-dependent thermal coefficients and $\nu>0$ is a geometric parameter describing the varying…

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We derive gradient and second order {\em a priori} estimates for solutions of the Neumann problem for a general class of fully nonlinear elliptic equations on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary. These estimates yield regularity and…

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