Blow-up problems for quasilinear parabolic equations (Q4378916)

The author considers nonnegative solutions of the initial-boundary value problem \[ u_t=\Delta u^m+a\cdot\nabla u^q+u^p\quad\text{in}\quad \Omega\times(0,T),\quad u=0 \quad\text{on}\quad \partial\Omega\times(0,T),\quad u(\cdot,0)=u_0 \] where \(m\geq1\), \(p,q>1\) and \(\Omega\) is an exterior domain in \(\mathbb R^N\). If \(a=0\) and \(\Omega=\mathbb R^N\), then it is known that there exists a critical exponent \(p^*=m+2/N\) such that all nontrivial solutions blow up in finite time provided \(p\leq p^*\), while global solutions do exist provided \(p>p^*\). Moreover, the decay rate of global solutions is also known for suitable initial conditions. The author announces extensions of these results to the case \(a\neq 0\) and/or \(\Omega\neq\mathbb R^N\).