On the nonlinear parabolic equation \(\partial_ t u=F(\Delta u+nu)\) on \(S^ n\) (Q2365236)

The authors consider the following initial-value problem on the unit \(n\)-sphere \(S^n=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^{n+1}:|x|=1\}\): \[ \partial_t u(x,t)= F(\Delta u(x,t)+ nu(x,t)),\quad x\in S^n,\quad t\geq 0, \] \[ u(x,0)= u_0(x),\quad x\in S^n, \] where \(F:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) is an arbitrary smooth increasing function with \(F'>0\) everywhere and \(\Delta\) is the Laplace operator on \(S^n\) with respect to the standard Riemannian metric.