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Concavity of solutions of the porous medium equation
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by Philippe Bénilan and Juan Luis Vázquez PDF
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 299 (1987), 81-93 Request permission

Abstract:

We consider the problem \[ \left ( {\text {P}} \right )\quad \quad \left \{ {\begin {array}{*{20}{c}} {{u_t} = {{({u^m})}_{xx}},} \\ {u(x,0) = {u_0}(x)} \\ \end {array} } \right .\quad \begin {array}{*{20}{c}} {{\text {with}} x \in {\mathbf {R}}, t > 0} \\ {{\text {for}} x \in {\mathbf {R}}} \\ \end {array} \] where $m > 1$ and ${u_0}$ is a continuous, nonnegative function that vanishes outside an interval $(a, b)$ and such that $(u_0^{m - 1})'' \leq - C \leq 0$ in $(a, b)$. Using a Trotter-Kato formula we show that the solution conserves the concavity in time: for every $t > 0, u(x,t)$ vanishes outside an interval $\Omega (t) = ({}_{\zeta 1}(t), {}_{\zeta 2}(t))$ and \[ {({u^{m - 1}})_{xx}} \leq - \frac {C} {{1 + C(m(m + 1)/(m - 1))t}}\] in $\Omega (t)$. Consequently the interfaces $x{ = _{\zeta i}}(t)$, $i = 1, 2$, are concave curves. These results also give precise information about the large time behavior of solutions and interfaces.
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  • © Copyright 1987 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 299 (1987), 81-93
  • MSC: Primary 35K60; Secondary 76S05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0869400-8
  • MathSciNet review: 869400