Interaction between fast diffusion and geometry of domain

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Abstract: Let Omega be a domain in mathbbRN, where Nge2 and partialOmega is not necessarily bounded. We consider two fast diffusion equations partialtu=mboxdiv(|ablau|p−2ablau) and partialtu=Deltaum, where 1<p<2 and 0<m<1. Let u=u(x,t) be the solution of either the initial-boundary value problem over Omega, where the initial value equals zero and the boundary value is a positive continuous function, or the Cauchy problem where the initial datum equals a nonnegative continuous function multiplied by the characteristic function of the set mathbbRNsetminusOmega. Choose an open ball B in Omega whose closure intersects partialOmega only at one point, and let alpha>frac(N+1)(2−p)2p or alpha>frac(N+1)(1−m)4. Then, we derive asymptotic estimates for the integral of ualpha over B for short times in terms of principal curvatures of partialOmega at the point, which tells us about the interaction between fast diffusion and geometry of domain.


For equations such as the porous medium equation \[ u_t= \Delta(u^m) \] and the \(p\)-Laplacian equation \[ u_t = \mathrm{div}(|Du|^{p-2}Du), \] the evolution of solutions follows an intrinsic geometry. In this interesting paper, this phenomenon is analysed in a specific case. Let \(\Omega\) be a domain of \(R^N\) and let \(u\) be the solution of the singular porous medium equation or the \(p\)-Laplacian equation, either of a suitable non-homogeneous Cauchy-Dirichlet problem in \(\Omega \times R^+\) or of a suitable Cauchy problem in \(R^N\times R^+\). Lastly, let \(B\) be an open ball in \(\Omega\), whose closure intersects the boundary of \(\Omega\) in only a point and let \(\alpha\) be a suitable constant depending only on \(p\), \(m\) and \(N\). Then, the author derives asymptotic estimates for the integral of \(u^{\alpha}\) over \(B\) in terms of the principal curvatures of \(\partial \Omega\). This result gives us a deep perspective of the interaction between fast diffusion and the geometry of the domain.











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