The Cauchy problem for the fast p-Laplacian evolution equation. Characterization of the global Harnack principle and fine asymptotic behaviour

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DOI10.1016/J.MATPUR.2022.05.002zbMATH Open1492.35035arXiv2103.03312OpenAlexW3135454502WikidataQ114148568 ScholiaQ114148568MaRDI QIDQ2145831FDOQ2145831


Authors: Matteo Bonforte, Nikita Simonov, Diana Stan Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 15 June 2022

Published in: Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Neuvième Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study fine global properties of nonnegative solutions to the Cauchy Problem for the fast p-Laplacian evolution equation ut=Deltapu on the whole Euclidean space, in the so-called "good fast diffusion range" frac2NN+1<p<2. It is well-known that non-negative solutions behave for large times as mathcalB, the Barenblatt (or fundamental) solution, which has an explicit expression. We prove the so-called Global Harnack Principle (GHP), that is, precise global pointwise upper and lower estimates of nonnegative solutions in terms of mathcalB. This can be considered the nonlinear counterpart of the celebrated Gaussian estimates for the linear heat equation. We characterize the maximal (hence optimal) class of initial data such that the GHP holds, by means of an integral tail condition, easy to check. The GHP is then used as a tool to analyze the fine asymptotic behavior for large times. For initial data that satisfy the same integral condition, we prove that the corresponding solutions behave like the Barenblatt with the same mass, uniformly in relative error. When the integral tail condition is not satisfied we show that both the GHP and the uniform convergence in relative error, do not hold anymore, and we provide also explicit counterexamples. We then prove a "generalized GHP", that is, pointwise upper and lower bounds in terms of explicit profiles with a tail different from mathcalB. Finally, we derive sharp global quantitative upper bounds of the modulus of the gradient of the solution, and, when data are radially decreasing, we show uniform convergence in relative error for the gradients. To the best of our knowledge, analogous issues for the linear heat equation p=2, do not possess such clear answers, only partial results are known.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03312




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