An upper bound for the waiting time for doubly nonlinear parabolic equations (Q2372148)

Summary: We obtain an upper bound for the waiting time for the doubly nonlinear parabolic equations \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} (|u|^{q-2}u)_t - \text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)&=0 &\quad&\text{in } \mathbb R^N \times [0, \infty),\\ u(x, 0)&=u_0(x)&\quad &\text{for all } x \in \mathbb R^N\;,\end{alignedat} \] depending on the growth of the initial value \(u_0\) with parameters \(p \geq 2\), \(1 < q < p\), and \(|u_0|^{q-1} \in L^1(\mathbb R^N)\). This upper bound coincides with the lower bound given by \textit{L. Giacomelli} and \textit{G. Grün} [Interfaces Free Bound. 8, No. 1, 111--129 (2006; Zbl 1100.35058)]. Therefore it is optimal. Special cases are the porous medium equation (for \(p=2\)) for which we obtain the result of \textit{M. Chipot} and \textit{T. Sideris} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 288, 423--427 (1985; Zbl 0535.35049)] and the parabolic \(p\)-Laplace equation (for \(q=2\)).