Measure valued solutions of sub-linear diffusion equations with a drift term

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2012.32.1675zbMATH Open1267.35100arXiv1009.4305OpenAlexW2083513739MaRDI QIDQ414778FDOQ414778

Authors: Simona Fornaro, Stefano Lisini, Giuseppe Savaré, G. Toscani 

Publication date: 11 May 2012

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study nonnegative, measure valued solutions of the initial value problem for one-dimensional drift-diffusion equations when the nonlinear diffusion is governed by an increasing $C^1$ function $$ with $$. By using tools of optimal transport, we will show that this kind of problems is well posed in the class of nonnegative Borel measures with finite mass $m$ and finite quadratic momentum and it is the gradient flow of a suitable entropy functional with respect to the so called $L^2$-Wasserstein distance. Due to the degeneracy of diffusion for large densities, concentration of masses can occur, whose support is transported by the drift. We shall show that the large-time behavior of solutions depends on a critical mass $m_{mc}$, which can be explicitely characterized in terms of $$ and of the drift term. If the initial mass is less then $m_{mc}$, the entropy has a unique minimizer which is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure. Conversely, when the total mass $m$ of the solutions is greater than the critical one, the steady state has a singular part in which the exceeding mass $m-m_{mc}$ is accumulated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4305

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zbMATH Keywords

Wasserstein distancegradient flowsnonlinear diffusion equationsconcentration phenomenapropagation of singularitiesmeasure valued solutionssublinear diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Singularity in context of PDEs (35A21) Initial value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K15)

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