Critical Fujita absorption exponent for evolution \(p\)-Laplacian with inner absorption and boundary flux. (Q2343861)

This paper studies the evolutionary equation with the \(p\)-Laplacian and inner absorption in one space dimension, i.e., \[ \frac {\partial u}{\partial t} = \frac {\partial}{\partial x} \left ( \left | \frac {\partial u}{\partial x} \right | ^{p-2} \frac {\partial u}{\partial x} \right) - \lambda \, u^{\kappa} \,,\qquad (x,t)\in Q = \mathbb {R}_+\times \mathbb {R}_+ \,,\tag{P\(_p\)} \] subject to the following nonlinear boundary flux condition and the initial value condition, respectively, \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} -\left | \frac {\partial u}{\partial x} \right | ^{p-2} \frac {\partial u}{\partial x} & = u(0,t)^q \,,\qquad & t > 0 \,,\tag{P\(_{\text{bc}}\)} \\ u(x,0) &= u_0(x) \,,\qquad & x > 0 \,.\tag{P\(_{\text{ic}}\)} \end{alignedat} \] It is assumed that \(2 < p < \infty \), the constants \(\kappa \), \(q\), and \(\lambda \) are given positive numbers, and \(u_0\colon \mathbb {R}_+\to \mathbb {R}_+\) is a continuous function with compact support. The paper is concerned with the existence and non\-existence of global (in time) solutions as well as their localization and non\-localization in space (compact or non\-compact support in the space variable \(x\)). It is proved that the critical boundary flux exponent \(q\) is given by the formula \[ q^{\ast} = \max \left \{ \frac {2(p-1)}{p} \,,\,\frac {(\kappa + 1)(p-1)}{p} \right \} \,. \] The critical case \(q = q^{\ast}\) is treated separately. The restriction to the space dimension allows for explicit calculations with the use of ordinary differential equations in the proofs.