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Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\mathbb R^N$, where $N \ge 2$ and $\partial\Omega$ is not necessarily bounded. We consider nonlinear diffusion equations of the form $\partial_t u= \Delta \phi(u)$. Let $u=u(x,t)$ be the solution of either the…

We consider nonlinear diffusion equations of the form $\partial_t u= \Delta \phi(u)$ in $\mathbb R^N$ with $N \ge 2.$ When $\phi(s) \equiv s$, this is just the heat equation. Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\mathbb R^N$, where $\partial\Omega$…

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…

This article deals with an initial-boundary value problem for the coupled chemotaxis-haptotaxis system with nonlinear diffusion \begin{align*} u_t=&\nabla\cdot(D(u)\nabla u)-\chi\nabla\cdot(u\nabla v)-\xi\nabla\cdot(u\nabla w)+\mu…

The Fast Diffusion Equation (FDE) $u_t= \Delta u^m$, with $m\in (0,1)$, is an important model for singular nonlinear (density dependent) diffusive phenomena. Here, we focus on the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem posed on smooth bounded Euclidean…

For $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $\beta<0$ and $\alpha=\frac{2\beta}{1-m}$, we prove the existence, uniqueness and asymptotics near the origin of the singular eternal self-similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation in…

We consider the initial-boundary value problem of a system of reaction-diffusion equations with density-dependent motility \begin{equation*}\label{e1}\tag{$\ast$} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta(\gamma(v)u)+\alpha u F(w) -\theta u, &x\in \Omega,…

This paper develops an abstract theory for subdifferential operators to give existence and uniqueness of solutions to the initial-boundary problem (P) for the nonlinear diffusion equation in an unbounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$…

Let $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $i_0\in\mathbb{Z}^+$, $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain, $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\in\Omega$, $\widehat{\Omega}=\Omega\setminus\{a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{i_0}\}$, $0\le f\in…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^n$, $n\ge 3$, $0<m\le\frac{n-2}{n}$, $a_1,a_2,..., a_{i_0}\in\Omega$, $\delta_0=\min_{1\le i\le i_0}{dist }(a_i,\1\Omega)$ and let…

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…

We investigate the homogeneous Dirichlet problem for the Fast Diffusion Equation $u_t=\Delta u^m$, posed in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$, in the exponent range $m_s=(N-2)_+/(N+2)<m<1$. It is known that bounded…

We consider the heat equation in a smooth bounded convex domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ with nonlinear Neumann boundary condition $\partial_\nu u = \lambda (u - u^3)$. Stable non-constant stationary solutions do not exist when…

A horizontal $N$-dimensional plane, having a diffusion of its own, exchanges with the lower half space. There, a reaction-diffusion process, modelled by a free boundary problem, takes place. We wish to understand whether, and how, the free…

We consider a domain $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R\!}^{\,2}$ with branched fractal boundary $\Gamma^{\infty}$ and parameter $\tau\in[1/2,\tau^{\ast}]$ introduced by Achdou and Tchou \cite{ACH08}, for $\tau^{\ast}\simeq 0.593465$, which acts as…

In the unit ball B(0,1), let $u$ and $\Omega$ (a domain in $\R$) solve the following overdetermined problem: $$\Delta u =\chi_\Omega\quad \hbox{in} B(0,1), \qquad 0 \in \partial \Omega, \qquad u=|\nabla u |=0 \quad \hbox{in} B(0,1)\setminus…

Let \begin{equation*} L=\sum_{i,j=1}^da_{i,j}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_i\partial x_j}-\sum_{i=1}^db_i\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \end{equation*} be a second order elliptic operator and consider the reaction-diffusion equation with…

Given a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$, we study the following anisotropic Neumann problem $$ \begin{cases} -\nabla(a(x)\nabla u)+a(x)u=\lambda a(x) u^{p-1}e^{u^p},\,\,\,\, u>0\,\,\,\,\, \textrm{in}\,\,\,\,\,…

We investigate the well-posedness of the fast diffusion equation (FDE) in a wide class of noncompact Riemannian manifolds. Existence and uniqueness of solutions for globally integrable initial data was established in [5]. However, in the…

Our aim is to study the limit of the solution of reaction-diffusion porous medium equation with linear drift $\displaystyle\partial_t u -\Delta u^m +\nabla \cdot (u \: V)=g(t,x,u) $, as $m\to\infty.$ We study the problem in bounded domain…