Blow-up phenomena for a nonlocal quasilinear parabolic equation with time-dependent coefficients under nonlinear boundary flux (Q727930): Difference between revisions

The authors study the blow-up of solutions to a quasilinear parabolic equation with time-dependent coeffcients \(k(t)\) and nonlocal inner absorption terms \(f(u)\) of the form \[ u_t = \operatorname{div}(h(|\nabla u|^2)\nabla u) - k(t)f(u), \] where \((x, t) \in \Omega\times (0,t^\ast)\) and the nonlinear boundary conditions \[ h(|\nabla u|^2) \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} = g(u) \] are imposed for \((x, t) \in \partial\Omega\times (0,t^\ast)\). Moreover, non-negative initial data \(u(x,0)=u_0(x)\geq 0\) are assumed. If \(h\) is differentiable and satisfies the condition \(h(\sigma)+2\sigma h'(\sigma)>0\) for \(\sigma>0\) such that \(\operatorname{div}(h\nabla u)\) is elliptic, and if \(f\), \(g\) and \(k\) satisfy suitable conditions, classical parabolic theory shows that solutions remain smooth and non-negative as long as they exist. The authors then give conditions on \(h\), \(f\), \(g\) and \(k\) which ensure global existence of solutions if \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N\) is a star-shaped domain in any dimension \(N\geq 2\) by using a suitable auxiliary function. Similarly, conditions are given for which the solution blows up at some finite time. In particular, upper estimates for the blow-up time are given for the case where \(\Omega\) is only bounded in \(\mathbb{R}^N\) with \(N\geq 2\). In contrast, lower estimates for the blow-up time require \(\Omega\) to be convex and \(N\geq 3\). The results are illustrated with two concrete examples.