Asymptotic behavior of solutions to the logarithmic diffusion equation with a linear source (Q1784170)

This paper considers positive solutions to the following non-linear Cauchy problem \[ \begin{cases} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \frac{\partial^2\log u}{\partial x^2}+ u,\ x \in\mathbb{R}, t > 0.\\ \lim_{x\to-\infty} \frac{\partial \log u}{\partial x} = \alpha,\ \lim_{x\to+\infty} \frac{\partial \log u}{\partial x} = -\beta,\ t > 0.\\ u(x,0) = u_0(x),\ x \in\mathbb{R}. \end{cases}\tag{1} \] It is similar to porous medium equation. The mass $m(t)$ is defined as the spatial integral of the solution $u$. The authors showed that each of the three initial mass conditions \begin{itemize} \item[1.] $m(0) = \alpha + \beta$ (mass conservation), \item[2.] $m(0) > \alpha + \beta$ (mass expansion), \item[3.] $0 < m(0) < \alpha + \beta$ (smaller mass) \end{itemize} is preserved for all $t$. The authors proved the following. In the mass conservation case, the system admits a unique positive solution that converges to a traveling wave. In the mass expansion case, a global solution exists and grows exponentially. The normalization by the mass converges uniformly to a function in $x\in\mathbb{R}$. In the case of smaller mass, the solution must go to $0$ in finite-time, and a suitable rescaling converges to the traveling wave.