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We consider the asymptotic behaviour of finite energy solutions to the one-dimensional defocusing nonlinear wave equation $-u_{tt} + u_{xx} = |u|^{p-1} u$, where $p > 1$. Standard energy methods guarantee global existence, but do not…
This paper deals with the long-time behavior of solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations describing formation of morphogen gradients, the concentration fields of molecules acting as spatial regulators of cell differentiation in…
We prove the existence of global solutions to the energy-supercritical wave equation in R^{3+1} u_{tt}-\Delta u + |u|^N u = 0, u(0) = u_0, u_t(0) = u_1, 4<N<\infty, for a large class of radially symmetric finite-energy initial data.…
We consider the defocusing, energy subcritical wave equation $\partial_t^2 u - \Delta u = -|u|^{p-1} u$ in 4 to 6 dimensional spaces with radial initial data. We define $w=r^{(d-1)/2} u$, reduce the equation above to one-dimensional…
We consider the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the convection-diffusion equation: \[ \partial_t u - \mathrm{div}\left(a(x)\nabla u\right) = d\cdot\nabla \left(\left\lvert u\right\rvert ^{q-1}u\right),\ \ x\in\mathbb{R}^n, \ t>0 \] with…
We study the propagation profile of the solution $u(x,t)$ to the nonlinear diffusion problem $u_t-\Delta u=f(u)\; (x\in \mathbb R^N,\;t>0)$, $u(x,0)=u_0(x) \; (x\in\mathbb R^N)$, where $f(u)$ is of multistable type: $f(0)=f(p)=0$,…
We study the dynamics of the following porous medium equation with strong absorption $$\partial_t u=\Delta u^m-|x|^{\sigma}u^q,$$ posed for $(t, x) \in (0,\infty) \times \mathbb{R}^N$, with $m > 1$, $q \in (0, 1)$ and $\sigma >…
We consider an abstract first order evolution equation in a Hilbert space in which the linear part is represented by a self-adjoint nonnegative operator A with discrete spectrum, and the nonlinear term has order greater than one at the…
We study the asymptotic behaviour near extinction of positive solutions of the Cauchy problem for the fast diffusion equation with a subcritical exponent. We show that separable solutions are stable in some suitable sense by finding a class…
In this paper we study the initial boundary value problem for the system $\Delta v= u_{x_1},\ u_t-\mbox{div}\left(\left((a|\mathbf{q}|+m)I+(b-a)\frac{\mathbf{q}\otimes\mathbf{q}}{|\mathbf{q}|}\right)\nabla u\right)=-\nabla…
We study the large-time behavior of nonnegative solutions to a nonlocal dispersal equation in $\mathbb R^N$ with an absorption term modeled by $-u^p$, with $1<p<1+\frac2N$. The initial datum $u_0$ is assumed to be bounded, and to satisfy…
Extinction times in resampling processes are fundamental yet often intractable, as previous formulas scale as $2^M$ with the number of states $M$ present in the initial probability distribution. We solve this by treating multinomial updates…
This paper continues the investigation of Du and Lou (J. European Math Soc, to appear), where the long-time behavior of positive solutions to a nonlinear diffusion equation of the form $u_t=u_{xx}+f(u)$ for $x$ over a varying interval…
The paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of solutions to a non-local diffusion equation, $u_t=J*u-u:=Lu$, in an exterior domain, $\Omega$, which excludes one or several holes, and with zero Dirichlet data on…
Let $h:[0,\infty)\mapsto [0,\infty)$ be continuous and nondecreasing, $h(t)>0$ if $t>0$, and $m,q$ be positive real numbers. We investigate the behavior when $k\to\infty$ of the fundamental solutions $u=u_{k}$ of $\prt_{t} u-\Delta…
A solution is developed for a convection-diffusion equation describing chemical transport with sorption, decay, and production. The problem is formulated in a finite domain where the appropriate conservation law yields Robin conditions at…
We analyze the spectral properties and peculiar behavior of solutions of a damped wave equation on a finite interval with a singular damping of the form $\alpha/x$, $\alpha>0$. We establish the exponential stability of the semigroup for all…
In these lecture notes, we address the problem of large-time asymptotic behaviour of the solutions to scalar convection-diffusion equations set in ${R}^N$. The large-time asymptotic behaviour of the solutions to many convection-diffusion…
For a wide variety of initial and boundary conditions, adiabatic one dimensional flows of an ideal gas approach self-similar behavior when the characteristic length scale over which the flow takes place, $R$, diverges or tends to zero. It…
The goal of this note is to state the optimal decay rate for solutions of the nonlinear fast diffusion equation and, in self-similar variables, the optimal convergence rates to Barenblatt self-similar profiles and their generalizations. It…