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We show that the finite time type II blow up solutions for the energy critical nonlinear wave equation \[ \Box u = -u^5 \] on $\R^{3+1}$ constructed in earlier work by Krieger-Schlag-Tataru are stable along a co-dimension three manifold of…
We show that the finite time blow up solutions for the co-rotational Wave Maps problem constructed in [7,15] are stable under suitably small perturbations within the co-rotational class, provided the scaling parameter $\lambda(t) =…
We consider the energy critical four dimensional semi linear heat equation \partial tu-\Deltau-u3 = 0. We show the existence of type II finite time blow up solutions and give a sharp description of the corresponding singularity formation.…
We consider an explicit self-similar solution to an energy-supercritical Yang-Mills equation and prove its mode stability. Based on earlier work by one of the authors, we obtain a fully rigorous proof of the nonlinear stability of the…
We exhibit a stable finite time blow up regime for the 1-corotational energy critical harmonic heat flow from $\Bbb R^2$ into a smooth compact revolution surface of $\Bbb R^3$ which reduces to the semilinear parabolic problem $$\partial_t u…
For the quasilinear wave equation \partial_t^2u - \Delta u = u_t u_{tt}, we analyze the long-time behavior of classical solutions with small (not rotationally invariant) data. We give a complete asymptotic expansion of the lifespan and…
We consider the semilinear heat equation \begin{equation}\label{problemAbstract}\left\{\begin{array}{ll}v_t-\Delta v= |v|^{p-1}v & \mbox{in}\Omega\times (0,T)\\ v=0 & \mbox{on}\partial \Omega\times (0,T)\\ v(0)=v_0 & \mbox{in}\Omega…
In this note, we prove a blow-up result for a semilinear generalized Tricomi equation with nonlinear term of derivative type, i.e., for the equation $\mathscr{T}_{\!\!\ell} u = |\partial_t u|^p$, where $ \mathscr{T}_{\!\!\ell} =…
In this paper, we study the finite-time blow up of solutions to the following semilinear wave equation with time-dependent damping \[ \partial_t^2u-\Delta u+\frac{\mu}{1+t}\partial_tu=|u|^p \] in $\mathbb{R}_{+}\times\mathbb{R}^n$. More…
We consider the blow-up behavior of solutions to the semilinear wave equation $$ \partial_t^2 u - \Delta u = |u|^{p-1}u \ln^a(u^2+2), \ (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^n \times [0,T),$$ in the conformal case $ p = p_c = 1 + \frac{4}{n-1}$. Previous…
We consider the non linear focusing wave equation $\partial_{tt}u-\Delta u-u|u|^{p-1}=0$ in large dimensions and for radially symmetric data, in the energy supercritical zone for p large enough. We construct finite time blow up solutions…
We study the fully nonlocal semilinear equation $\partial_t^\alpha u+(-\Delta)^\beta u=|u|^{p-1}u$, $p\ge1$, where $\partial_t^\alpha$ stands for the Caputo derivative of order $\alpha\in (0,1)$ and $(-\Delta)^\beta$, $\beta\in(0,1]$, is…
We consider the following parabolic system whose nonlinearity has no gradient structure: $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \partial_t u = \Delta u + |v|^{p-1}v, \quad & \partial_t v = \mu \Delta v + |u|^{q - 1}u,\\ u(\cdot, 0) = u_0, \quad &…
We consider the focusing energy subcritical nonlinear wave equation $\partial_{tt} u - \Delta u= |u|^{p-1} u$ in ${\mathbb R}^N$, $N\ge 1$. Given any compact set $ E \subset {\mathbb R}^N $, we construct finite energy solutions which blow…
In this paper, we give a small data blow-up result for the one-dimensional semilinear wave equation with damping depending on time and space variables. We show that if the damping term can be regarded as perturbation, that is, non-effective…
Consider the nonlinear heat equation $v_t -\Delta v= |v|^{p-1} v$ in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \R^n$ with $n>2$ and Dirichlet boundary condition. Given $u_{p}$ a sign-changing stationary solution fulfilling suitable…
We consider the focusing energy-critical wave equation in space dimension $N\in \{3, 4, 5\}$ for radial data. We study type II blow-up solutions which concentrate one bubble of energy. It is known that such solutions decompose in the energy…
We consider co--rotational wave maps from (3+1) Minkowski space into the three--sphere. This is an energy supercritical model which is known to exhibit finite time blow up via self-similar solutions. The ground state self--similar solution…
Blow up in a one-dimensional semilinear heat equation is studied using a combination of numerical and analytical tools. The focus is on problems periodic in the space variable and starting out from a nearly flat, positive initial condition.…