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Asymptotic convergence to dipole solutions in nonlinear parabolic equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Victor A. Galaktionov
Affiliation:
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya Sq. 4, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Sergey A. Posashkov
Affiliation:
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya Sq. 4, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Juan Luis Vazquez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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We study the asymptotic behaviour as t → ∞ of the solution u = u(x, t) ≧ 0 to the quasilinear heat equation with absorption ut = (um)xx − f(u) posed for t > 0 in a half-line I = { 0 < x < ∞}. For definiteness, we take f(u) = up but the results generalise easily to more general power-like absorption terms f(u). The exponents satisfy m > 1 and p >m. We impose u = 0 on the lateral boundary {x = 0, t > 0}, and consider a non-negative, integrable and compactly supported function uo(x) as initial data. This problem is equivalent to solving the corresponding equation in the whole line with antisymmetric initial data, uo(−x) = −uo(x).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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