Blow-up phenomena for nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations under nonlinear boundary conditions (Q288719)

Summary: This paper deals with blow-up and global solutions of the following nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations under nonlinear boundary conditions: \((g(u))_t=\nabla \cdot(a(u)\nabla u)+f (u)\) in \(\Omega \times (0, T)\), \(\partial u / \partial n=b(x, u, t)\) on \(\partial\Omega \times(0, T)\), \(u(x, 0) = u_0(x) > 0\), in \(\overline{\Omega}\), where \(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N(N \geq 2)\) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary \(\partial\Omega\). We obtain the conditions under which the solutions either exist globally or blow up in a finite time by constructing auxiliary functions and using maximum principles. Moreover, the upper estimates of the ``blow-up time,'' the ``blow-up rate,'' and the global solutions are also given.