Blow-up of solutions of a semilinear heat equation with a memory term (Q2494993)

The author deals with the finite-time blow-up of solutions for the initial boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} u_t-\Delta u+\int^t_0g(t-s)\Delta u(x,s)\,ds=|u|^{p-2}u,\;x\in\Omega,t>0\\ u(x,t)=0,\;x\in\partial\Omega,\;t\geq 0\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x),\;x\in\Omega,\end{cases}\tag{1} \] where \(g: \mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R_+\) is a bounded \(C^1\) function, \(p>2\), and \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^n\) \((n\geq 1)\) with a smooth boundary \(\partial\Omega\). In this study the author shows that, for suitable conditions on \(p\) and \(g\), the blow-up can be obtained even for some solutions with positive initial energy.