Blow-up phenomena for a porous medium equation with time-dependent coefficients and inner absorption term under nonlinear boundary flux (Q1990385)

The authors consider the following porous medium equation with time-dependent coefficient and inner absorption term \[ u_t = \Delta (u^m) - k(t)f(u) \] with nonnegative initial boundary value data in a bounded star-shaped region under nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions. By using the auxiliary function method and modified differential inequality technique, the authors establish some conditions on time-dependent coefficient and nonlinear functions to guarantee that the solution \(u(x, t)\) exists globally or blows up at some finite time \(t^*\). Upper and lower bounds for \(t^*\) are derived in the higher dimensional space and lastly some useful examples are presented.