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Global solutions to a non-local diffusion equation with quadratic non-linearity

Analysis of PDEs 2016-02-22 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we prove the global in time well-posedness of the following non-local diffusion equation with α[0,2/3)\alpha \in[0,2/3): tu=()1uu+αu2,u(t=0)=u0. \partial_t u = {(-\triangle)^{-1}u} \triangle u + \alpha u^2, \quad u(t=0) = u_0. The initial condition u0u_0 is positive, radial, and non-increasing with u0L1L2+δ(\threed)u_0\in L^1\cap L^{2+\delta}(\threed) for some small δ>0\delta >0. There is no size restriction on u0u_0. This model problem appears of interest due to its structural similarity with Landau's equation from plasma physics, and moreover its radically different behavior from the semi-linear Heat equation: ut=u+αu2u_t = \triangle u + \alpha u^2.

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@article{arxiv.1012.2890,
  title  = {Global solutions to a non-local diffusion equation with quadratic non-linearity},
  author = {Joachim Krieger and Robert M. Strain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2890},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

38 pages, made changes according to the referee reports, in press at Comm. PDE

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