Critical exponents for the fast diffusion equation with a nonlinear boundary condition (Q2011234)

The paper under review deals with blowing-up solutions of the fast diffusion equation with nonlinear boundary condition \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu=\Delta(u^m) & x\in\Omega,\ t>0,\\ \partial_\nu(u^m)=u^p & x\in\partial\Omega,\ t>0,\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x) & x\in\overline{\Omega}, \end{cases} \] where \(m\in(0,1),\) \(p>0,\) \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N\) is a smooth domain and \(\nu\) is the unit outward normal to \(\partial\Omega.\) The initial data \(u_0\) is assumed to be nonnegative and nontrivial \(C^1(\overline{\Omega})\)-smooth function that satisfies the compatibility condition \(\partial_\nu(u_0^m)=u_0^p\) on \(\partial\Omega.\) Using standard methods, the authors prove that \(p_0=\frac{m+1}{2}\) is a critical exponent in the cases when \(\Omega\) is either the exterior of the unit ball \(B_1\) in \(\mathbb{R}^N\) with \(N\geq 2,\) or when \(\Omega\) is the unit \(N\)-dimensional ball with \(N\geq1.\) Precisely, the following results are proved: Theorem 1. Let \(N\geq 2\) and \(\Omega=\mathbb{R}^N\setminus \overline{B_1}.\) Then: i) If \(p\leq p_0\) then every solution exists globally in time; ii) If \(p> p_0\) then a solution blows up in finite time for some \(u_0;\) iii) If \(p> p_0\) then a solution exists globally in time for some \(u_0.\) Theorem 2. Let \(N\geq 1\) and \(\Omega={B_1}.\) Then: i) If \(p\leq p_0\) then every solution exists globally in time; ii) If \(p> p_0\) then every solution blows up in finite time.