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The Stefan problem for the Fisher-KPP equation with unbounded initial range

Analysis of PDEs 2020-03-24 v1

Abstract

We consider the nonlinear Stefan problem {dΔu=aubu2    \mboxforxΩ(t),  t>0,u=0\mboxandut=μxu2    \mboxforxΩ(t),  t>0,u(0,x)=u0(x)    \mboxforxΩ0, \left \{ \begin{array} {ll} -d \Delta u=a u-b u^2 \;\; & \mbox{for } x \in \Omega (t), \; t>0, \\ u=0 \mbox{ and } u_t=\mu|\nabla_x u |^2 \;\;&\mbox{for } x \in \partial\Omega (t), \; t>0, \\ u(0,x)=u_0 (x) \;\; & \mbox{for } x \in \Omega_0, \end{array}\right. where Ω(0)=Ω0\Omega(0)=\Omega_0 is an unbounded smooth domain in RN\mathbb R^N, u0>0u_0>0 in Ω0\Omega_0 and u0u_0 vanishes on Ω0\partial\Omega_0. When Ω0\Omega_0 is bounded, the long-time behavior of this problem has been rather well-understood by \cite{DG1,DG2,DLZ, DMW}. Here we reveal some interesting different behavior for certain unbounded Ω0\Omega_0. We also give a unified approach for a weak solution theory to this kind of free boundary problems with bounded or unbounded Ω0\Omega_0.

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@article{arxiv.2003.10100,
  title  = {The Stefan problem for the Fisher-KPP equation with unbounded initial range},
  author = {Weiwei Ding and Yihong Du and Zongming Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.10100},
  year   = {2020}
}
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