The mixed Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for a viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation (Q2501191)

In this paper, the following initial boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} \frac {\partial u}{\partial t}-\Delta u=a|\nabla u|^p\quad &\text{in } (0,+\infty) \times\Omega,\\ u=0\quad &\text{in }(0,+\infty)\times \partial\Omega,\\ u(0, \cdot)=\mu_0\quad &\text{in }\Omega,\end{cases} \tag{1} \] is considered. Here, \(a\in \mathbb{R}\), \(a\neq 0\), \(p>0\) and \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N\) is a bounded domain with a smooth boundary \(\partial\Omega\). The authors set out various results on the existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions for the problem (1), depending on the initial data \(\mu_0\), the exponent \(p\) and the sign of the parameter \(a\). We mention that, in bounded domains, the case \(p\in(0,1)\) has not been investigated before. Let us briefly summarize the main results of this paper: (i) if \(a\in\mathbb{R}\), \(a\neq 0\) and \(0<p<\frac{N+2}{N+1}\), the problem (1) admits at least one weak solution; moreover, if \(1\leq p< \frac{N+2}{N+1}\), then this solution is unique; (ii) if \(a\in\mathbb{R}\), \(a\neq 0\) and \(\frac {N+2}{N+1}\leq p<2\), the existence and uniqueness results are obtained; (iii) if \(a<0\) and \(\frac{N+2}{N+1}\leq p<2\), the problem (1) admits at least one weak solution for all \(\mu_0\in L^1(\Omega)\), \(\mu_0\geq 0\); (iv) if \(a \in \mathbb{R}\), \(a\neq 0\), \(p\geq \frac{N+2}{N+1}\) and \(\mu_0=\delta_{x_0}\) (Dirac mass in \(x_0\in \Omega)\), the problem (1) has no weak solutions; (v) if \(a>0\), \(p> 2\) and \(\mu_0\) is large enough, the classical solution \(u\) of (1) exhibits a finite time ``gradient blow up'' (while \(u\) remains uniformly bounded); (vi) if \(a<0\) and \(p\geq 2\), then (1) admits a unique global-in-time solution as long as the initial data satisfy some regularity conditions.