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Existence and uniqueness for semilinear problem

Consider the following problem: $$-\Delta u + [(u)^+]^\alpha = 0,$$ where $(\cdot)^+$ is the positive part function and $\alpha >0$. How does the theory of monotone operators provide existence ...
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Exponential decay of solution in $L^p$ with $p>2$

Consider the following evolution equation $$u_t=\Delta u$$ in a bounded and regular open subset $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$, with smooth initial conditions $u_0\geq 0$ and homogeneous Dirichlet ...
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Question on Parabolic PDEs: Improvement of the bound ${\vert \vert v(\cdot,t)-v_0(\cdot) \vert \vert}_{L^p}\le \hat C t^{1/q}$

Let $M$ be a $C^3-$compact manifold and $v \in W^{2,1}_p(M\times [0,T])$ ($1\le p<\infty$) be the solution of: $\begin{cases} \partial_t v-\Delta_{M} v=f(v), \quad M\times [0,T]\\ v(x,0)=v_0,...
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Existence and uniqueness for reaction-diffusion equations

I am interested in the following PDE on a $d$-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^d$ \begin{align*} &\partial_tu(t,x) = \Delta u(t,x) +f(u(t,x),t,x),\\ & u(0)=u_0\in L_2 \end{align*} where the ...
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Why is this test function admissible? [Paper explanation]

Reading Non-linear Elliptic and Parabolic Equations Involving Measure Data by Boccardo$\&$Gallouet , I had trouble understanding the following: Why is $\psi(u_n)\chi_{(0,t)}$ admissible as a ...
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Properties of heat equation

** I simplified the question: ** On bounded domains, the maximum principle implies that the solution to the heat equation is (strictly) positive, if the initial and boundary data is positive. I ...
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Measurability of the heat semigroup in $L^\infty$

Let $S(t)$ be the $C_0$-semigroup generated by the Laplacian operator with Dirichlet boundary condition in $L^2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of $R^n$. It is known that $S(t)$ ...
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Decay estimate for the heat equation: $\sup_{t>0}\int_{\mathbb{R}} t^\alpha |u_x|^2\ dx$

Let $u$ be a solution of the heat equation $$u_t - u_{xx} = 0, \quad t>0, x \in \mathbb{R}$$ with initial data $u(0,\cdot) = u_0$. Fix $\alpha >0$. How can I estimate (without using explicitly ...
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For what functions does Nash inequality becomes equality?

For what functions does Nash inequality becomes an equality? Also any comment on the regularity of these functions (weak solutions to equality)? Also same question about Poincare inequality.
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Relationships between fractional Sobolev space, Bessel spacse and Hajłasz–Sobolev space

It is known that for $\alpha\in(0,1)$ and $p>1$, the fractional Sobolev space $W^{\alpha,p}(R^n)$ is defined by $$ W^{\alpha,p}(R^n):=\{f\in L^p(R^n):\int_{R^n}\int_{R^n}\frac{|f(x)-f(y)|^p}{|x-y|^...
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Reference request: $|\partial_t u - \Delta u|\in L^p(\Omega^T)$ implies Holder estimate

I am currently reading a paper regarding harmonic flow between Riemannian manifolds. Let $\Omega$ be a Riemannian domain of dimension $2$, $\Omega^T=\Omega\times[0,T]$. The equation is $$ \partial_t ...
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Motivation behind the parabolic metric

I've been reading some papers about parabolic evolution problems between manifolds. We want to study the behaviour of maps from the domain $(0,T)\times \Omega$, where $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^m$, to some ...
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Green's functions/fundamental solution to a non-constant coefficients pde

We already know the relationship between Green's function and solution to elliptic partial differential equation, i.e $$u(y)=\int_{\partial \Omega}u\frac{\partial G}{\partial n} ds+\int_\Omega G\Delta ...
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Crandall & Rabinowitz Theorem, bifurcation curves

Crandall & Rabinowitz Theorem states what follows. We have got a Banach Space $(X,||\cdot||)$ and an equation of the following type: $$ F(\lambda,u) = \lambda u - G(u) = 0, $$ where $G \in C^1(X,X)...
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Boundary regularity of solutions to semilinear heat equation

Consider the Cauchy IVP problem $$u_t - \Delta u + f(t,x,u) = 0, \quad (t,x) \in (0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^n,$$ with initial condition $u(0,x) = g(x), \ x \in \mathbb{R}^n.$ Can you point out a ...
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The Cauchy problem associated with $u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta u^\epsilon$

Consider the initial value problem $$\begin{cases} u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla_x u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta_x u^\epsilon & \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty)\\ u^\epsilon = g &...
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Derivative of Yosida-Approximation

i have got a problem with some assumptions to solve a parabolic variational inequality. My Problem is: Find a function $u$ with \begin{align} u\in L^2(0,T;V),~ u' \in L^2(0,T;V') \\ (u'(t),v-u(t)) + ...
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Is the Lopatinski-Shapiro condition invariant under diffeomorphism?

If a PDE (eg. the heat equation with Robin BCs, or the elliptic version) on a bounded smooth domain $U$ satisfies the Lopatinski-Shapiro condition (for a definition see eg. Wloka), and if $T:U \to W$ ...
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$C^{1,2}$ regularity of (weak) solutions to the heat equation

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain (smoother if needed), and consider the heat equation $$u_t - \Delta u = 0$$ $$\frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial \nu(x)} = a(t,x) - b(t,x)u(t,x)$$ $$u(0) = u_0$$...
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$L^\infty$ estimate on heat equation with a lower order term

Let $u$ be the weak solution on a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ (for $n \leq 3$) of $$u_t - \Delta u = f$$ $$u(0) = u_0$$ $$\partial_\nu u = 0 \quad\text{on $\partial\Omega$}$$ ...
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Need a regularity result for parabolic PDE, want $u' \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$

Let us assume $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is as nice as required. Let $f \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$ and let $g \in L^\infty((0,T)\times \Omega)$ satisfy $$0 < a \leq g(x,t) \leq b < \...
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Reference for a Heat Process in a Wedge

I would like to ask about an explicit suggestion/reference for the following type of heat processes: Roughly, assume we have a "wedge" $W$ of the following form - a domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with a ...
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Properties of the solution of the heat equation

Note 1: the following question has been post on Math Stackexchange here but receive no respond. So I post it here to get more attention. Note 2: This is my research problem, but the original problem ...
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Heat equation and evolution of number of critical points

Let $u_0$ be a smooth function on the unit sphere $S^1$ and assume that $u(t,x)$ is a smooth solution of the heat equation with initial data $u(0,x)=u_0(x)$. How one can apply the maximum principle to ...
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Existence of solution to weak form of linear equation with boundary integral (parabolic PDE)

Let $W(0,T) := \{ u \in L^2(0,T;H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)) \mid u_t \in L^2(0,T;H^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega))\}$. Let $\gamma$ and $\xi$ denote the trace map and its right inverse. Does there ...
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Motivation for weak solution of a PDE (initial condition)

The following question came to me when reading the famous paper of ALT and LUCKHAUS: "Quasilinear elliptic-parabolic differential equations" When looking at a (nonlinear degenerate) PDE like $$ \...
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Reference for existence results for 2D forced viscous Burgers equation

I am looking for results concering the following parabolic PDE $$u\cdot\nabla u + \Delta u = F(x),$$ where $$u\colon\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^2,$$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ is a 2D domain (bounded or ...
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Uniqueness of weak solutions of a heat equation

Let $M$ be a smooth compact closed manifold. Let $u \in H^1(0,T;H^{-1}(M)) \cap L^2(0,T;H^1(M))$ be a solution of $$u_t - \Delta u - u = 0$$ $$u(0)=u(T)$$ satisfying $\int_M u(t) = 0$ for all $t$. Is ...
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Interpolation and embeddings for parabolic function spaces

I have a somewhat easy looking question on parabolic function spaces: Let $B$ be a ball in $\mathbb R^n$ and let $T>0$. Denote $Q:=B \times [0,T]$. Assume $f \in L^2(Q) \cap L^\infty(0,T; L^q(B))$ ...
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Existence of the solution of a linear parabolic pde

Good day! Let $V = H^1(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$. Consider the linear parabolic equation $y' + Ay = f$ where $f \in L^q(0,T;V')$, $y \in W = \{y \in L^p(0,T;V) \colon dy/dt \in L^q(0,T;...
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A comparison principle for parabolic equation

(Crossposted from https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/757672/how-to-prove-comparison-principle-for-parabolic-pde-nonlinear) Suppose $F:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is smooth with $F(x) > 0$ for ...
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Interpolation with time continuity

If $u(x,t)$ is a function depends on $x\in\Omega$ and $t\in[0,T]$. The following result could be found in L.C. Evans's book "PDE". Suppose $u\in L^2(0,T;H_0^1(\Omega))$, with $u_t\in L^2(0,T;H^{-1}(\...
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Changing the test function space in a weak formulation of parabolic PDE

Suppose we are interested in the existence of a $u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ with $u' \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$ such that $$(u(T),\varphi(t))_H -\int_0^T \langle \varphi'(t), u(t) \rangle_{V^*,V} + \int_0^T a(u(t),\...
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A parabolic PDE with Lipschitz nonlinearity, how to obtain well-posedness?

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (or more generally a compact manifold). I'm interested in well-posedness (existence most importantly) of equations of the form $$u_t(t) - \...
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Checking initial data in parabolic PDE with no control on time derivative

It is possible to define a weak solution of a parabolic PDE $$u_t - Au = f$$ $$u(0) = u_0$$ as $u \in L^2(0,T;H^1)$ such that $$-\int_0^T\int_\Omega u(t)\varphi'(t) + \int_0^T\int_\Omega Au(t)\varphi(...
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parabolic PDE with almost-monotone elliptic operator, existence results?

Are there any existence results for parabolic PDE of the type $$u_t - Au = f$$ in some Gelfand triple setting ($V \subset H \subset V^*$) with $A$ an operator that it is not quite monotone but close: ...
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Strong convergence in the Bochner space L^p([0,T],X)

Dear mathoverflowers, I have a question concerning the strong convergence in $L^p([0,T],X)$. Let $X_1,X$ be two Banach spaces such that $X_1\subset X$ with compact embedding. Let $x_n(t)\in X_1$ be ...

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