scientific article; zbMATH DE number 15692
[For the entire collection see Zbl 0703.00016.] The author considers the Cauchy problem for the equation \[ u_ t=\Delta u-\beta(u),\quad (x,t)\in Q=\mathbb{R}^ N\times(0,\infty),\quad u(x,0)=u_ 0(x)\in L^ \infty(\mathbb{R}^ N)\cap L^ 1(\mathbb{R}^ N), \] where \(\beta(t)\) is a continuous function, \(\beta(0)=0\) and \(u_ 0(x)\geq 0\). Theorem 1. Let \(u(x,t;u_ 0)\) be a solution of this problem and \(w(x,t;u_ 0)\) be the solution of the problem with \(\beta\equiv 0\). Then \[ w(x,t)=u(x,t)+\int^ t_ 0(4\pi s)^{-1/2}\bigl(\int_{\mathbb{R}^ N}\exp\{-| x-y|^ 2/4s\}\beta(u(y,t-s)dy)ds\bigr). \] By using this formula the author derives several properties of \(u(x,t;u_ 0)\). Let \({\mathcal P}(t)=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^ N:u(x,t)>0\}\). Theorem 2. For any \(\varepsilon>0\) and any solution \(u(\cdot,\cdot;u_ 0)\) the inequality \(\int^ w_{u+\varepsilon}\hat\beta(s)ds\leq t\) holds for \((x,t)\in\overline Q\) where \(\hat\beta(s)\) is the increasing concave hull of \(\beta(t)\) on \([0,\| u_ 0\|_ \infty]\). Corollary 3. If \(\int^ \infty_ 0\beta^{-1}(s)ds<\infty\) then \(u(x,t)>0\) provided \(u_ 0\geq 0\), \(u_ 0\not\equiv 0\) (this is the infinity speed of propagation property). Theorem 4. Let \(B(r)=\int^ r_ 0\beta^{-1}(s)ds\), \(M(z,\delta;u_ 0)\) is the integral of \(u_ 0(y)\) over \({\mathcal P}(0)\cap B_ \delta(x)\), \(B_ \delta(x)=\{y\in\mathbb{R}^ N;\;| x-y|\leq\delta\}\). If \(B(\infty)<\infty\) and \(\varlimsup_{\delta\downarrow 0}M(z,\delta^{1/2},u_ 0)/\delta^{N/2}\). \(B^{-1}(\delta)=+\infty\) at some \(x\in{\mathcal F}(0)\). Then \(B_{\sqrt t}(x)\subset{\mathcal P}(t)\) for sufficiently small \(t\). Theorem 5. Under the conditions of Theorem 4 \(B_{\sqrt{T_ e- t}}(z)\subset{\mathcal P}(T_ e-t)\) for \(0<T_ e-t\) small enough, where \(T_ e=\inf\{T\geq 0;\;u(x,t)\equiv 0,\;\forall t\geq T\}\) (extinction time). The note contains the formulations of the results and certain explanations of main ideas of proofs. The detailed proofs are in preparation.
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