Large time behavior of solutions for parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms (Q2472538)

The Cauchy problem for the semilinear parabolic equation \[ u_t=\Delta u+a|\nabla_x u|^q+b|u|^{p-1}u, \quad t>0,\;x\in\mathbb R^n, \] where \(a\in\mathbb R\), \(b\in\mathbb R\), \(p>1+\frac{2}{n}\), \(\frac{n+2}{n+1}<q<2\), \(q\leq p(n+2)\), is considered. Global existence of mild solutions is proved for initial functions, which are sufficiently small with respect to some norm related to the equation. It is also proved that some of these global solution are asymptotic to the self-similar solutions of the equation \[ u_t=\Delta u+\nu a|\nabla_x u|^q+\mu b|u|^{p-1}u \] with \(\nu,\mu =0\) or 1. The values of \(\nu\) and \(\mu\) depend on the decaying of the initial data at infinity and on the position of \(q\) with respect to \(\frac{2p}{p+1}\). Mentioned results apply for the viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation: \(u_t=\Delta u+a|\nabla_{x}u|^q\) and hold without sign restriction neither on \(a\) nor on the initial data. It is proved that if \((n+2)/(n+1)<q<2\) and the initial function behaves near infinity like \(c|x|^{-d}\), \((2-q)/(q-1)\leq \alpha\leq n\), and \(c\) is sufficienty small, then the resulting solution is global. Moreover, if \((2-q)/(q-1)<\alpha< n\), then the solution is asymptotic to a self-similar solution of the linear heat equation. Whereas, if \((2-q)/(q-1)=a<n\), then the solution is asymptotic to a self-similar solution of the viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation. The asymptotics are given, in particular, in \(W^{1,\infty}(\mathbb R^n)\).