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We consider a solution $u(\cdot,t)$ to an initial boundary value problem for time-fractional diffusion-wave equation with the order $\alpha \in (0,2) \setminus \{ 1\}$ where $t$ is a time variable. We first prove that a suitable norm of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Masahiro Yamamoto

In view of the role of reaction equations in physical problems, the authors derive the explicit solution of a fractional reaction equation of general character, that unifies and extends earlier results. Further, an alternative shorter…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. K. Saxena , A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

The existence of nonnegative radially symmetric eternal solutions of exponential self-similar type $u(t,x)=e^{-p\beta t/(2-p)} f_\beta(|x|e^{-\beta t};\beta)$ is investigated for the singular diffusion equation with critical gradient…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-03 Razvan Gabriel Iagar , Philippe Laurencot

We study the forward self-similar solutions to the $2$D hypodissipative Navier-Stokes equation with fractional diffusion $(-\Delta)^\alpha$ for $\frac{1}{2}<\alpha<1$. We first show that for arbitrarily large $(1-2\alpha)$-homogeneous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Thomas Y. Hou , Peicong Song

In this paper, we study the positive solutions to the following singular and non local elliptic problem posed in a bounded and smooth domain $\Omega\subset \R^N$, $N> 2s$: % \begin{eqnarray*} (P_\lambda)\left\{\begin{array}{lll}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-10 Adimurthi , Jacques Giacomoni , Sanjiban Santra

We investigate the Cauchy problem for a semilinear spatio--temporal fractional diffusion equation with a time-dependent forcing term: \[ \partial_t^\alpha u + (-\Delta)^{\mathsf{s}} u = |u|^p + t^{\sigma}\,\mathbf{w}(x), \quad (t,x) \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Rihab Ben Belgacem , Mohamed Majdoub

In this paper we investigate the following fractional order in time Cauchy problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \mathbb{D}_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)+Au(t)=f(u(t)), & 1<\alpha <2, u(0)=u_{0},\,\,\,u^{\prime }(0)=u_{1}. & \end{cases}%…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-08 Edgardo Alvarez , Ciprian Gal , Valentin Keyantuo , Mahamadi Warma

We study the positivity and asymptotic behaviour of nonnegative solutions of a general nonlocal fast diffusion equation, \[\partial_t u + \mathcal{L}\varphi(u) = 0,\] and the interplay between these two properties. Here $\mathcal{L}$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Arturo de Pablo , Fernando Quirós , Jorge Ruiz-Cases

We settle the open question concerning the Harnack inequality for globally positive solutions to non-local in time diffusion equations by constructing a counter-example for dimensions $d\ge\beta$, where $\beta\in(0,2]$ is the order of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-13 Dominik Dier , Jukka Kemppainen , Juhana Siljander , Rico Zacher

This paper focuses on the study of semilinear fractional diffusion-wave equations in the context of critical nonlinearities. Firstly, we address the issue of local well-posedness for the problem, examine spatial regularity, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Masterson Costa , Claudio Cuevas , Bruno de Andrade

Fractional, anomalous diffusion in space-periodic potentials is investigated. The analytical solution for the effective, fractional diffusion coefficient in an arbitrary periodic potential is obtained in closed form in terms of two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-02-02 E. Heinsalu , M. Patriarca , I. Goychuk , P. Hanggi

We prove that the Hamilton Jacobi equation for an arbitrary Hamiltonian $H$ (locally Lipschitz but not necessarily convex) and fractional diffusion of order one (critical) has classical $C^{1,\alpha}$ solutions. The proof is achieved using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-09-09 Luis Silvestre

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-08-04 Hans Engler

In this paper existence and nonexistence results of positive radial solutions of a Dirichlet $m$-Laplacian problem with different weights and a diffusion term inside the divergence of the form $\big(a(|x|)+g(u)\big)^{-\gamma}$, with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Laura Baldelli , Valentina Brizi , Roberta Filippucci

We consider initial boundary value problems for time fractional diffusion-wave equations: $$ d_t^{\alpha} u = -Au + \mu(t)f(x) $$ in a bounded domain where $\mu(t)f(x)$ describes a source and $\alpha \in (0,1) \cup (1,2)$, and $-A$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Paola Loreti , Daniela Sforza , Masahiro Yamamoto

We investigate the inverse problem consisting in the identification of constant coefficients for a fractional-in-time partial differential equation governed by a finite sum of positive self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Simone Creo , Maria Rosaria Lancia , Andrea Mola , Gianluca Mola , Silvia Romanelli

Let $v:[0,T]\times \R^d \to \R$ be the solution of the parabolic backward equation $ \partial_t v + (1/2) \sum_{i,l} [\sigma \sigma^\perp]_{il} \partial_{x_i \partial_{x_l} v + \sum_{i} b_i \partial_{x_i}v + kv =0$ with terminal condition…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-10-18 Stefan Geiss , Emmanuel Gobet

Almost sixty years ago Zolotarev proved a duality result which relates an $\alpha$-stable density for $\alpha\in(1,2)$ to the density of a $\frac1{\alpha}$-stable distribution on the positive real line. In recent years Zolotarev duality was…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Peter Kern , Svenja Lage

We consider the Cauchy problem of fractional pseudo-parabolic equation on the whole space $R^n,n\geq 1$. Here, the fractional order $\alpha$ is related to the diffusion-type source term behaving as the usual diffusion term on the high…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Lingyu Jin , Lang Li , Shaomei Fang

In this work we study the degenerate diffusion equation $\partial_{t}=x^{\alpha}a\left(x\right)\partial_{x}^{2}+b\left(x\right)\partial_{x}$ for $\left(x,t\right)\in\left(0,\infty\right)^{2}$, equipped with a Cauchy initial data and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Linan Chen , Ian Weih-Wadman