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In this paper we investigate regularity aspects for solutions of the nonlinear parabolic equation $$ u_t= \Delta u^m, \quad m > 1 $$ usually called the porous medium equation. More precisely, we provide sharp regularity estimates for…
We study the boundary regularity of solutions to the porous medium equation $u_t = \Delta u^m$ in the degenerate range $m>1$. In particular, we show that in cylinders the Dirichlet problem with positive continuous boundary data on the…
We provide a rather complete description of the results obtained so far on the nonlinear diffusion equation $u_t=\nabla\cdot (u^{m-1}\nabla (-\Delta)^{-s}u)$, which describes a flow through a porous medium driven by a nonlocal pressure. We…
Let $u$ be a nonnegative, local, weak solution to the porous medium equation for $m\ge2$ in a space-time cylinder $\Omega_T$. Fix a point $(x_o,t_o)\in\Omega_T$: if the average \[…
We study the regularity of a porous medium equation with nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator. The precise model is $u_t=\nabla\cdot(u\nabla (-\Delta)^{-1/2}u).$ For definiteness, the problem is posed…
We study a porous medium equation with nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator. More precisely, $$ u_t=\nabla\cdot(u\nabla (-\Delta)^{-s}u), \quad \ 0<s<1. $$ The problem is posed in $\{x\in\ren, t\in…
Let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^N$ a bounded open set, $N\geq 2$, and let $p>1$; we prove existence of a renormalized solution for parabolic problems whose model is $$ \begin{cases} u_{t}-\Delta_{p} u=\mu & \text{in}\…
We study the positivity and regularity of solutions to the fractional porous medium equations $u_t+(-\Delta)^su^m=0$ in $(0,\infty)\times\Omega$, for $m>1$ and $s\in (0,1)$ and with Dirichlet boundary data $u=0$ in…
In this paper we study existence and nonexistence of solutions for a Dirichlet boundary value problem whose model is $$ \begin{cases} -\sum_{m=1}^{\infty} a_m \Delta u^m= f&\text{in}\ \Omega \newline u=0 & \text{on}\ \partial\Omega\,,…
We consider a zero-range process $\eta^N_t(x)$ with superlinear local jump rate, which in a hydrodynamic-small particle rescaling converges to the porous medium equation $\partial_t u=\frac12\Delta u^\alpha, \alpha>1$. As a main result we…
In the present work we establish sharp regularity estimates for the solutions of the porous medium equation, along their zero level-sets. We work under a proximity regime on the exponent governing the nonlinearity of the problem. Then, we…
We consider the one-dimensional porous medium equation $u_t=\left (u^nu_x \right )_x+\frac{\mu}{x}u^nu_x$. We derive point transformations of a general class that map this equation into itself or into equations of a similar class. In some…
In this paper we study existence and regularity of solutions to Dirichlet problems as $$ \begin{cases} - {\rm div}\left(|u|^m\frac{D u}{|D u|}\right) = f & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ \newline u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega, \end{cases} $$ where…
We investigate the behaviour of the solutions $u_m(x,t)$ of the fractional porous medium equation $$ u_t+(-\Delta)^s (u^m)=0, \quad x\in {\mathbb{R}}^N, \ t>0. $$ with initial data $u(x,0)\ge 0$, $x\in {\mathbb{R}}^N$, in the limit as…
The importance and usefulness of renormalization are emphasized in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. The momentum space treatment of both two-body bound state and scattering problems involving some potentials singular at the origin…
Here we introduce a new notion of renormalized solution to nonlinear parabolic problems with general measure data whose model is $$ \begin{cases} u_t-\Delta_{p} u =\mu & \text{in}\ (0,T)\times\Omega, u=u_0 & \text{on}\ \{0\} \times \Omega,…
In this paper we study nonnegative and classical solutions $u=u(\nx,t)$ to porous medium problems of the type \begin{equation}\label{ProblemAbstract} \tag{$\Diamond$} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u^m + g(u,|\nabla u|) & {\bf x} \in \Omega, t\in…
We develop a theory of existence, uniqueness and regularity for a porous medium equation with fractional diffusion, $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + (-\Delta)^{1/2} (|u|^{m-1}u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, with $m>m_*=(N-1)/N$, $N\ge1$ and $f\in…
We deal with the large time behavior for a porous medium equation posed in nonhomogeneous media with singular critical density $$ |x|^{-2}\partial_tu(x,t)=\Delta u^m(x,t), \quad (x,t)\in \real^N\times(0,\infty), \ m\geq1, $$ posed in…
In the presence of randomness, a relativistic semimetal undergoes a quantum transition towards a diffusive phase. A standard approach relates this transition to the $U(N)$ Gross-Neveu model in the limit of $N \to 0$. We show that the…