Asymptotic behavior of coupled inclusions with variable exponents (Q2286206)

The authors study the following coupled system of inclusions \[ \begin{cases} \frac{\partial u_1}{\partial t}-\operatorname{div}\left(D_1(t,\cdot)|\nabla u_1|^{p(\cdot)-2}\nabla u_1\right) +|u_1|^{p(\cdot)-2}u_1 \in F(u_1,u_2)& t>\tau\\ \frac{\partial u_2}{\partial t}-\operatorname{div}\left(D_2(t,\cdot)|\nabla u_2|^{q(\cdot)-2}\nabla u_2\right) +|u_2|^{q(\cdot)-2}u_2 \in G(u_1,u_2)& t>\tau\\ \frac{\partial u_1}{\partial n}(t,x)=\frac{\partial u_2}{\partial n}(t,x)=0 \quad \text{on }\partial\Omega,& t \geq \tau\\ (u_1(\tau),u_2(\tau))=(u_{0,1},u_{0,2}) \text{ in }L^2(\Omega)\times L^2(\Omega), \end{cases}\tag{1} \] on a bounded domain \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\), \(n \geq 1\), with smooth boundary \(\partial\Omega\) where \(F\) and \(G\) are bounded, upper semicontinuous and positively sublinear multivalued maps and the exponents \(p(\cdot), q(\cdot)\in C(\overline{\Omega})\) satisfy \begin{align*} p^+:=\max_{x\in\overline{\Omega}}p(x)>p^-:=\min_{x \in \overline{\Omega}}p(x)>2, \\ q^+:=\max_{x\in\overline{\Omega}}q(x)>q^-:=\min_{x \in \overline{\Omega}}q(x)>2. \end{align*} The diffusion coefficients \(D_1,D_2 \colon [\tau,T] \times\Omega\to \mathbb{R}\) are functions in \(L^\infty([\tau,T]\times \Omega)\) satisfying \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] There is a positive constant \(\beta\) such that \(0<\beta \leq D_i(t,x)\) for almost all \((t,x)\in [\tau,T]\times \Omega\), \(i=1,2\). \item[(ii)] \(D_i(t,x) \geq D_i(s,x)\) for almost all \(x\in\Omega\) and for all \(t\leq s\) in \([\tau,T]\), \(i=1,2\). \end{itemize} The authors extend a recent result for a single inclusion to the case of a coupled inclusion system. It is shown that the strict generalized process defined by (1) possesses a pullback attractor. Moreover, the authors prove that the system (1) is in fact asymptotically autonomous.