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In this paper, we consider the following nonlocal parabolic equation \begin{equation*} u_{t}-\Delta u=\left( \int_{\Omega}\frac{|u(y,t)|^{2^{\ast}_{\mu}}}{|x-y|^{\mu}}dy\right) |u|^{2^{\ast}_{\mu}-2}u,\ \text{in}\ \Omega\times(0,\infty),…

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We consider the nonlinear heat equation $u_t = \Delta u + |u|^\alpha u$ with $\alpha >0$, either on ${\mathbb R}^N $, $N\ge 1$, or on a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove that in the Sobolev subcritical case $(N-2)…

Optimal conditions for initial data leading to non-existence of non-negative solutions to the Cauchy problem for the parabolic Hardy-H{\'e}non equation $$ \partial\_tu=\Delta u^m+|x|^{\sigma}u^p, \quad (t,x)\in(0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^N,…

We study existence and uniqueness of weak solutions to (F) $\partial\_t u+ (-\Delta)^\alphau+h(t, u)=0 $ in $(0,\infty)\times\R^N$,with initial condition $u(0,\cdot)=\nu$ in $\R^N$, where $N\ge2$, the operator $(-\Delta)^\alpha$is the…

We study the Cauchy problem of the damped wave equation \begin{align*} \partial_{t}^2 u - \Delta u + \partial_t u = 0 \end{align*} and give sharp $L^p$-$L^q$ estimates of the solution for $1\le q \le p < \infty\ (p\neq 1)$ with derivative…

We study the large time behavior of nonnegative solutions to the Cauchy problem for a fast diffusion equation with critical zero order absorption $$ \partial_{t}u-\Delta u^m+u^q=0 \quad \quad \hbox{in} \ (0,\infty)\times\real^N\, $$ with…

This paper is concerned with the existence/nonexistence of nontrivial global-in-time solutions to the Cauchy problem \begin{equation} \begin{cases}\tag{P}\partial_tu-\partial_x^2u+Vu=(1+x^2)^{-\frac{m}{2}}u^p,&x\in\mathbb{R},\ t>0,\\…

We consider the semilinear heat equation $$ u_t-\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u,\ \ (t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^+\times\mathbb{R}^n. $$ The well-known difficulty with this problem is that the potential well method cannot be applied directly, due to the scaling…

We investigate pointwise upper bounds for nonnegative solutions $u(x,t)$ of the nonlinear initial value problem \begin{equation}\label{0.1} 0\leq(\partial_t-\Delta)^\alpha u\leq u^\lambda \quad\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^n…

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We consider the Cauchy problem for the energy critical heat equation $$ u_t = \Delta u + |u|^{\frac 4{n-2}}u {{\quad\hbox{in } }} \ {\mathbb R}^n \times (0, T), \quad u(\cdot,0) =u_0 {{\quad\hbox{in } }} {\mathbb R}^n $$ in dimension $n=5$.…

We study the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear damped wave equation and establish the large data local well-posedness and small data global well-posedness with slowly decaying initial data. We also prove that the asymptotic profile of the…

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We consider the degenerate parabolic equation with nonlocal source given by \[ u_t=u\Delta u + u \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} |\nabla u|^2, \] which has been proposed as model for the evolution of the density distribution of frequencies with which…

A semilinear heat equation $u_{t}=\Delta u+f(u)$ with nonnegative initial data in a subset of $L^{1}(\Omega)$ is considered under the assumption that $f$ is nonnegative and nondecreasing and $\Omega\subseteq \R^{n}$. A simple technique for…

We consider the scalar semilinear heat equation $u_t-\Delta u=f(u)$, where $f\colon[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ is continuous and non-decreasing but need not be convex. We completely characterise those functions $f$ for which the equation has a…