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The asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of the Kassoy problem with a modified source term

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

C. Budd  and
Y. Qi
C. Budd
Affiliation:
Oxford University, Computing Laboratory, 8-11 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD, U.K.
Y. Qi
Affiliation:
Oxford University, Computing Laboratory, 8-11 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD, U.K.
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Synopsis

We study the asymptotic behaviour as x →∞ of the solutions of the ordinary differential equation problem

This equation generalises the ordinary differential equation obtained by studying the blow-up of the similarity solutions of the semilinear parabolic partial differential equation vt=vxx = ev. We show that if λ≦1, all solutions of (*) tend to —∞ as rapidly as the function —exp (x2/4) (E- solutions). However, if λ>1, then there also exists a solution which tends to –∞, like 2λlog(x) (L-solutions). Thus, the case λ = 1, for which (*) reduces tothe Kassoy equation, is the borderline between two quite different forms of asymptotic behaviour of the function u(x).

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 113 , Issue 3-4 , 1989 , pp. 347 - 356
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1989

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