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In the present work, we address a class of Cahn-Hilliard equations characterized by a singular diffusion term. The problem is a simplified version with constant mobility of the Cahn-Hilliard-de Gennes model of phase separation in binary,…
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For the time-space fractional degenerate Keller-Segel equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \partial _{t}^{\beta }u=-(-\Delta )^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}(\rho (v)u),& t>0\\ (-\Delta )^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} v+v=u,& t>0 \end{cases} \end{equation*}…
In this work we analyze the existence of solutions to the fractional quasilinear problem, $$ (P) \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} u_t+(-\Delta )^s u &=&|\nabla u|^{\alpha}+ f &\inn \Omega_T\equiv\Omega\times (0,T),\\ u(x,t)&=&0 &…
This contribution considers the time-fractional subdiffusion with a time-dependent variable-order fractional operator of order $\beta(t)$. It is assumed that $\beta(t)$ is a piecewise constant function with a finite number of jumps. A proof…
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