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We consider the semilinear heat equation $u_t - \Delta u = f(u)$ in $\Omega = B_R(0) \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with super-exponential nonlinearities $f(u) = e^{u^p}u^q$ ($p>1$, $q \in \{0\}\cup [1,\infty)$), nonnegative bounded radially…

In this paper, we consider the defocusing nonlinear wave equation $-\partial_t^2u+\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u$ in $\mathbb R\times \mathbb R^d$. Building on our companion work ({\it \small Self-similar imploding solutions of the relativistic Euler…

We investigate the $p-$Laplace heat equation $u_t-\Delta_p u=\zeta(t)f(u)$ on a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$. Using differential inequalities arguments, we prove blow-up results under suitable conditions on $\zeta, f$,…

We consider the semilinear wave equation $$\partial_t^2 u -\Delta u =f(u), \quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^N\times [0,T),\qquad (1)$$ with $f(u)=|u|^{p-1}u\log^a (2+u^2)$, where $p>1$ and $a\in \mathbb{R}$. We show an upper bound for any blow-up…

This paper is concerned with the blow-up property of solutions to an initial boundary value problem for a reaction diffusion equation with special diffusion processes. It is shown, under certain conditions on the initial data, that the…

In the present paper, we study the existence and blow-up behavior to the following stochastic non-local reaction-diffusion equation: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} du(t,x)&=\left[(\Delta+\gamma) u(t,x)+\int_{D}u^{q}(t,y)dy…

We study a nonlinear diffusion equation of the form $u_t=u_{xx}+f(u)\ (x\in [g(t),h(t)])$ with free boundary conditions $g'(t)=-u_x(t,g(t))+\alpha$ and $h'(t)=-u_x(t,g(t))-\alpha$ for some $\alpha>0$. Such problems may be used to describe…

We consider the semilinear heat equation $$\partial_t u -\Delta u =f(u), \quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^N\times [0,T),\qquad (1)$$ with $f(u)=|u|^{p-1}u\log^a (2+u^2)$, where $p>1$ is Sobolev subcritical and $a\in \mathbb{R}$. We first show an…

We investigate existence and nonexistence of global in time nonnegative solutions to the semilinear heat equation, with a reaction term of the type $e^{\mu t}u^p$ ($\mu\in\mathbb{R}, p>1$), posed on cones of the hyperbolic space. Under a…

This work aims to study the initial-boundary value problem of the reaction-diffusion equation with state-dependent delay $\pa_{t}u-\Delta u=f(u)+g(u,u(t-\tau(t,u_t)))+h(t,x)$ in a bounded domain. We establish the global existence of the…

This paper deals with a lower bound for the blow-up time for solutions of the fully parabolic chemotaxis system \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=\nabla \cdot [(u+\alpha)^{m_1-1} \nabla u-\chi u(u+\alpha)^{m_2-2} \nabla v] & {\rm in} \;…

Five types of blow-up patterns that can occur for the 4th-order semilinear parabolic equation of reaction-diffusion type $$ u_t= -\Delta^2 u + |u|^{p-1} u \quad {in} \quad \ren \times (0,T), p>1, \quad \lim_{t \to T^-}\sup_{x \in \ren}…

In this paper, we consider a semilinear parabolic equation with nonlinear nonlocal Neumann boundary condition and nonnegative initial datum. We first prove global existence results. We then give some criteria on this problem which determine…

If $h$ is a nondecreasing real valued function and $0\leq q\leq 2$, we analyse the boundary behaviour of the gradient of any solution $u$ of $-\Delta u+h(u)+\abs {\nabla u}^q=f$ in a smooth N-dimensional domain $\Omega$ with the condition…

The fractional reaction diffusion equation u_t + Au = g(u) is discussed, where A is a fractional differential operator on the real line with order \alpha between 0 and 2, the C^1 function g vanishes at 0 and 1, and either g is non-negative…

We consider the nonlinear heat equation with a nonlinear gradient term: $\partial_t u =\Delta u+\mu|\nabla u|^q+|u|^{p-1}u,\; \mu>0,\; q=2p/(p+1),\; p>3,\; t\in (0,T),\; x\in \R^N.$ We construct a solution which blows up in finite time…

Consider a nonlinear wave equation for a massless scalar field with self-interaction in the spatially flat de Sitter spacetime. We show that blow-up in a finite time occurs for the equation with arbitrary power nonlinearity as well as upper…

We consider time-independent solutions of hyperbolic equations such as $\d_{tt}u -\Delta u= f(x,u)$ where $f$ is convex in $u$. We prove that linear instability with a positive eigenfunction implies nonlinear instability. In some cases the…

Let $f$ be a continuous and non-decreasing function such that $f>0$ on $(0,\infty)$, $f(0)=0$, $\sup \_{s\geq 1}f(s)/s< \infty$ and let $p$ be a non-negative continuous function. We study the existence and nonexistence of explosive…

We examine stochastic reaction-diffusion equations of the form $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \mathcal{A} u(t,x) + f(u(t,x)) + \sigma(u(t,x))\dot{W}(t,x)$ and provide sufficient conditions on the reaction term and multiplicative noise…