Backward motion and waiting time phenomena for degenerate parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient absorption (Q644980): Difference between revisions

Some properties of the time evolution of the support of nonnegative and compactly supported solutions to the Cauchy problem \(\partial_t u - \Delta_p u + |\nabla u|^q = 0\) in \((0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^N\) with initial condition \(u_0\) are studied according to the values of \(p>2\), \(q>0\), and the local behaviour of \(u_0\) at a point at the edge of its support. More precisely, if \(y\) belongs to the boundary of the support of \(u_0\) and \(u_0\) is appropriately flat in a neighbourhood of \(y\), then there is \(T_*\in (0,\infty]\) such that \(u(t,y)=0\) for \(t\in [0,T_*]\) (waiting time phenomenon). In addition, if \(q\in (0,p-1)\), conditions are given that guarantee that \(T_*=\infty\) (infinite waiting time). Backward motion of the support is also shown to occur when \(q\in (0,1)\), that is, the support of \(u(t)\) shrinks in the neighbourhood of a point of its boundary where \(u_0\) is sufficiently flat.