Higher order nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations (Q914988)

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    Higher order nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations (English)
    The paper deals with a few existence and positivity results for higher order, possibly degenerate, nonlinear parabolic equations. The equations under investigation are of the type \[ \frac{du}{dt}+\frac{\partial}{\partial \kappa}(f(u)\frac{\partial^{2m+1}u}{\partial \kappa^{2m+1}})=0 \] where \(f(u)=| u|^ m\) \(f_ 0(u)\) with \(n\geq 1\) and \(f_ 0(u)>0.\) Existence of a weak solution is shown for \(m\geq 2\). Furthermore if the initial data is nonnegative, the solution is also nonnegative. For \(n\geq 4\), the authors show that the support of the solution u increases with time t (a weaker form of this property being proved for \(2\leq n<4)\).
    degenerate problem
    nonlinear parabolic equations
    Existence
    weak solution

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