Extinction profile of the logarithmic diffusion equation

Abstract: Let

u

be the solution of

u_{t} = D e l t a l o g u

in

R^{N} i m e s (0, T)

, N=3 or

N g e 5

, with initial value

u_{0}

satisfying

B_{k_{1}} (x, 0) l e u_{0} l e B_{k_{2}} (x, 0)

for some constants

k_{1} > k_{2} > 0

where

B_{k} (x, t) = 2 (N - 2) (T - t)_{+}^{N / (N - 2)} / (k + (T - t)_{+}^{2 / (N - 2)} | x |^{2})

is the Barenblatt solution for the equation. We prove that the rescaled function

4 u (x, s) = (T - t)^{- N / (N - 2)} u (x / (T - t)^{- 1 / (N - 2)}, t)

,

s = - l o g (T - t)

, converges uniformly on

R^{N}

to the rescaled Barenblatt solution

4 B_{k_{0}} (x) = 2 (N - 2) / (k_{0} + | x |^{2})

for some

k_{0} > 0

as

s o i n f t y

. We also obtain convergence of the rescaled solution

4 u (x, s)

as

s o i n f t y

when the initial data satisfies

0 l e u_{0} (x) l e B_{k_{0}} (x, 0)

in

R^{N}

and

| u_{0} (x) - B_{k_{0}} (x, 0) | l e f (| x |) i n L^{1} (R^{N})

for some constant

k_{0} > 0

and some radially symmetric function

f

.

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