Complete quenching for a degenerate parabolic problem with a localised nonlinear source
by C.Y. Chan; X.O. Jiang
International Journal of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations (IJDSDE), Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 2012

Abstract: This paper studies a degenerate semilinear parabolic first initial boundary value problem with a nonlinear reaction f(u(b, t)) taking place only at the single site b with limu→c – f(u) = ∞ for some positive constant c. It is shown that there exists some tq ≤ ∞ such that for 0 ≤ t < tq, the problem has a unique nonnegative solution u before u(b, t) reaches c, u is a strictly increasing function of t, and if tq is finite, then u(b, t) reaches c at tq. The problem is shown to have a unique a* such that a unique global solution u exists for a ≤ a* while for a > a*, u(b, t) reaches c at a finite tq. A formula relating a*, b and f is given, and no quenching in infinite time is deduced. It is also shown that when u(b, t) reaches c at a finite tq, uq blows up everywhere. A computational method is devised to compute the finite tq. For illustration, an example is given.

Online publication date: Wed, 10-Dec-2014

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