Estimates of solutions and asymptotic symmetry for parabolic equations on bounded domains (Q1006797)

The author consider the Dirichlet problem for a fully nonlinear parabolic equation: \[ \begin{cases} u_t=F(t,x,u,Du,D^{2}u), & x\in\Omega,\; t>0\\ u=0, & x\in\partial\Omega,\; t>0 \end{cases} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(N\geq 1\). \[ Du=(u_{x_i})_{i=1,\ldots,N},\quad D^2u=(u_{x_ix_j})_{i,j=1,\ldots, N}, \] and \(F\) is an elliptic nonlinearity satisfying suitable regularity assumptions. It is assumed that \(\Omega\) is convex in \(x_1\) and symmetric in the hyperplane \(\{ x=(x_1,\ldots, x_N):\; x_1=0 \}\), certain symmetry and monotonicity of the function \(F\) is also assumed. Using the theorem on asymptotic positivity of bounded positive solution of the Dirichlet problem it is proved that each such solution is asymptotically symmetric. The illustrative example is given.