Higher regularity estimates for the porous medium equation near the heat equation (Q2039493)

In this paper, the author investigates regularity aspects for solutions of the nonlinear parabolic equation \[u_t= \Delta (u^m)\] with \(m > 1\). More precisely, he proves sharp regularity estimates for bounded nonnegative weak solutions along the free boundary when the equation is close to the heat equation. It is worth to be noted, that, to obtain high regularity from the limit case \(m = 1\), instead of obtaining growth estimates for the solution \(u\) the author studies the ones for the pressure term \(u^{m-1}\) applying the celebrated Caffarelli's compactness approach.