Fine properties of solutions to the Cauchy problem for a fast diffusion equation with Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg weights (Q2693543)

The authors investigate fine global properties of nonnegative, integrable solutions to the Cauchy problem for the fast diffusion equation with weights in the so-called good fast diffusion range \(m_c < m < 1\), within the range of parameters, which is optimal for the validity of the so-called Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities. It is natural to ask in which sense such solutions behave like the Barenblatt \(B\) (fundamental solution). The authors characterize the maximal set of intial data that produces solutions which are pointwise trapped between two Barenblatt (global Harnack principle), and uniformly converge in relative error. It is worthy to note that analogous issues for the linear heat equation do not possess such clear answers, but only partial results. The characterization is also new for the classical, nonweighted FDE. They are able to provide minimal rates of convergence to \(B\) in different norms. Such rates are almost optimal in the nonweighted case, and become optimal for radial solutions.