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We establish quantitative estimates for solutions $u(t,x)$ to the fractional nonlinear diffusion equation, $\partial_t u +(-\Delta)^s (u^m)=0$ in the whole range of exponents $m>0$, $0<s<1$. The equation is posed in the whole space…

We investigate a reaction-diffusion-advection equation of the form $u_t-u_{xx}+\beta u_x=f(u)$ $(t>0,\,0<x<h(t))$ with mixed boundary condition at $x=0$ and a free boundary condition at $x=h(t)$. Such a model may be applied to describe the…

Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n\geq 3$ and $x_0 \in M$ be an isolated local minimum of the scalar curvature $s_g$ of $g$. For any positive integer $k$ we prove that for $\epsilon >0$ small enough the subcritical…

Extensive simulations are performed of the diffusion-limited reaction A$+$B$\to 0$ in one dimension, with initially separated reagents. The reaction rate profile, and the probability distributions of the separation and midpoint of the…

We study the speed of propagation of fronts for the scalar reaction-diffusion equation $u_t = u_{xx} + f(u)$\, with $f(0) = f(1) = 0$. We give a new integral variational principle for the speed of the fronts joining the state $u=1$ to…

We show the existence of infinitely many positive solutions, defined on the real line, for the nonlinear scalar ODE \[ \ddot u + (a^+(t) - \mu a^-(t)) u^3 = 0, \] where $a$ is a periodic, sign-changing function, and the parameter $\mu>0$ is…

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…

In this paper we prove that positive weak solutions for quasilinear parabolic equations on bounded domains subject to homogenous Neumann boundary conditions becme classical and global under the unique condition that the reaction doesn't…

We prove existence and uniqueness of \emph{eternal solutions} in self-similar form growing up in time with exponential rate for the weighted reaction-diffusion equation $$ \partial_tu=\Delta u^m+|x|^{\sigma}u^p, $$ posed in $\real^N$, with…

In a classical problem for the stopping of a diffusion process $(X_t)_{t \geq 0}$, where the goal is to maximise the expected discounted value of a function of the stopped process ${\mathbb E}^x[e^{-\beta \tau}g(X_\tau)]$, maximisation…

We study the asymptotic large time behavior of singular solutions of the fast diffusion equation $u_t=\Delta u^m$ in $({\mathbb R}^n\setminus\{0\})\times(0,\infty)$ in the subcritical case $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $n\ge3$. Firstly, we prove the…

In the paper, we consider the large time behavior of solutions to the convection-diffusion equation u_t - Delta u + nabla cdot f(u) = 0 in R^n times [0,infinity), where f(u) ~ u^q as u --> 0. Under the assumption that q >= 1+1/(n+beta) and…

In this paper we consider classical solutions $u$ of the semilinear fractional problem $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with $u=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \mathbb{R}^N_+$, where $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$, stands for the fractional…

We consider the Cauchy problem of the porous medium type reaction-diffusion equation \begin{equation*} \partial_t\rho=\Delta\rho^m+\rho g(\rho),\quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^n\times \mathbb{R}_+,\quad n\geq2,\quad m>1, \end{equation*} where $g$…

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 convergence behavior using the relaxed Peaceman-Rachford splitting method to solve the monotone inclusion problem $0 \in (A + B)(u)$, where $A, B: \Re^n \rightrightarrows \Re^n$ are maximal $\beta$-strongly monotone…

We will extend a recent result of B.Choi, P.Daskalopoulos and J.King. For any $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n+2}$ and $\gamma>0$, we will construct subsolutions and supersolutions of the fast diffusion equation $u_t=\frac{n-1}{m}\Delta u^m$ in…

In this paper we study a convection-reaction-diffusion equation of the form \begin{equation*} u_t=\varepsilon(h(u)u_x)_x-f(u)_x+f'(u), \quad t>0, \end{equation*} with a nonlinear diffusion in a bounded interval of the real line. In…

Well-posedness and a number of qualitative properties for solutions to the Cauchy problem for the following nonlinear diffusion equation with a spatially inhomogeneous source $$ \partial_tu=\Delta u^m+|x|^{\sigma}u^p, $$ posed for…

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…