The semiflow of a reaction diffusion equation with a singular potential (Q836909)

Let \(\Omega\) be an open set in \({\mathbb R}^N\) and assume that \(\lambda,\mu,\gamma\) are positive parameters. This paper deals with the study of dynamics of the nonlinear parabolic equation \[ \partial_t\varphi-\Delta\varphi-\frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\,\varphi =\lambda\varphi-|\varphi|^{2\gamma}\varphi,\quad x\in\Omega,\;t>0, \] subject to the initial condition \[ \varphi(x,0)=\varphi_0(x),\qquad x\in\Omega \] and the boundary condition \[ \varphi=0,\qquad x\in\partial\Omega,\;t>0. \] The authors establish bifurcation results and they study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions as \(\mu\nearrow\mu^*\), where \(\mu^*\) denotes the optimal constant for the Hardy-Poincaré inequality. The proofs combine variational methods, elliptic and parabolic estimates and related inequalities involving singular terms.