Localized non-diffusive asymptotic patterns for nonlinear parabolic equations with gradient absorption (Q2467202)

The authors deal with evolution equations of parabolic type where the right-hand side combines nonlinear diffusion of the \(p\)-Laplacian type with nonlinear absorption of Hamilton-Jacobi type. As a model, they consider \[ \partial_t u- \Delta_pu+ |\nabla u|^q= 0,\qquad x\in\mathbb R^N, \] where \(p> 2\) and \(1< q< p-1\). As initial condition the authors consider a nonnegative and integrable function \(u_0\) decaying sufficiently rapidly to zero as \(|x|\to\infty\). Under these assumptions the authors are interested in classifying the different types of long time behaviour that may arise from the interaction between the two physical effects of the work. They describe in detail a situation in which the evolution leads to localized patterns with a precise power-like decay in time and conical spatial shape.