Self-similar singular solution of doubly singular parabolic equation with gradient absorption term (Q2491546)

The authors study the self-similar solution of the doubly singular parabolic equation with nonlinear gradient absorption terms \[ u_t = \text{div }(| \nabla\,u| ^{p-2}\nabla\,u^m) - | \nabla\,u| ^q,\quad \text{in } \mathbb R^n\times (0,\infty), \] where \(p > 1\), \(m > 0\), \(m(p-1) > 1\) and \(q > 1\). Here by singular solution the authors mean a nonnegative and nontrivial solution \(u(x,t)\) which is continuous in \(\mathbb R^n\times [0,\infty)\setminus \{(0,0)\}\) and satisfies \[ \lim_{t\to 0}\sup_{| x| >\varepsilon}u(x,t) = 0,\quad \forall \varepsilon > 0. \] A singular solution \(u(x,t)\) is called a very singular solution provided that it satisfies \[ \lim_{t\to 0}\int_{| x| < \varepsilon}u(x,t)\,dx = \infty,\quad \forall \varepsilon > 0. \] A self-similar solution is looked for in the form \[ u(x,t) = \left(\frac{\alpha}{t}\right)^{\alpha}f\left(| x| \left(\frac{\alpha}{t}\right)\right), \] where \[ \alpha = \frac{p-q}{q(1 - m(p-1)) + p(q-1)},\quad \beta = \frac{q-m(p-1)}{p-q}. \] The case of \(\alpha > 0\) and \(\beta > 0\) is considered. To find a self-similar solution, the following boundary value problem is studied \[ \begin{aligned} & (| (f^m)'| ^{p-2}(f^m)')' + \frac{n-1}{r}| (f^m)'| ^{p-2}(f^m)' + \beta rf' + f - | f'| ^q = 0,\quad \forall r >0,\\ & f(0) = \alpha > 0,\quad \lim_{r\to\infty}r^{1/\beta}f(r) = 0, \end{aligned} \] where \(f=f(r)\) with the self-similar variable \(r = | x| (\alpha/t)^{\alpha\beta}\). By shooting and phase plane method, the authors prove that when \(p > 1 + n/(1 + mn)q + mn/(mn + 1)\) there exists self-similar singular solution, while for \(p \leq n + /(1 + mn)q + mn/(mn + 1)\) there is no any self-similar singular solution. Moreover, in the case of existence, the self-similar singular solution is the self-similar very singular solution which has a compact support.