Existence and nonexistence results for a class of linear and semilinear parabolic equations related to some Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities (Q1432720)

Summary: We study the problem \[ \begin{cases} u_t-\text{div} \bigl( |x|^{-2\gamma}\nabla u\bigr)=\lambda\frac {u^\alpha} {|x|^{2 (\gamma+1)}}+f\quad &\text{in }\Omega\times (0,T),\\ u\geq 0\text{ in }\Omega\times(0,T),\quad u=0\quad &\text{on }\partial\Omega \times(0,T), \\ u(x,0)=u_0(x)\quad &\text{in }\Omega,\end{cases} \] \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) \((N\geq 2)\) is a bounded regular domain such that \(0\in \Omega\), \(\lambda >0\), \(\alpha>0\), \(-\infty<\gamma<(N-2)/2\), \(f\) and \(u_0\) are positive functions such that \(f\in L^1(\Omega \times (0,T))\) and \(u_0\in L^1(\Omega)\). The main points under analysis are: (i) spectral instantaneous and complete blow up related to the Harnack inequality in the case \(\alpha=1\), \(1+\gamma>0\); (ii) the nonexistence of solutions if \(\alpha>1\), \(1+\gamma>0\); (iii) a uniqueness result for weak solutions (in the distribution sense); (iv) further results on existence of weak solutions in the case \(0<\alpha\leq 1\).