A Fatou theorem for solutions of the porous medium equation

Dahlberg, Björn E. J.; Fabes, Eugene B.; Kenig, Carlos E.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1984-0740172-3

A Fatou theorem for solutions of the porous medium equation

Authors: Björn E. J. Dahlberg, Eugene B. Fabes and Carlos E. Kenig
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 91 (1984), 205-212
MSC: Primary 35K55; Secondary 35B40, 76S05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1984-0740172-3
MathSciNet review: 740172
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Abstract: We show that nonnegative solutions of the porous medium equation in an infinite strip have nontangential initial values pointwise almost everywhere.

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