We consider, for m ∈ (0, 1) and q > 1, the porous media equation with absorption We are interested in those solutions, which we call singular solutions, that are non-negative, non-trivial, continuous in Rn × [0, ∞)\{(0, 0)}, and satisfy u(x, 0) = 0 for all x ≠ 0. We prove the following results. When q ≥ m + 2/n, there does not exist any such singular solution. When q < m + 2/n, there exists, for every c > 0, a unique singular solution u = u(c), called the fundamental solution with initial mass c, which satisfies ∫Rnu(·, t) → c as t ↘ 0. Also, there exists a unique singular solution u = u∞, called the very singular solution, which satisfies ∫Rnu∞(·, t) → ∞ as t ↘ 0.

In addition, any singular solution is either u∞ or u(c) for some finite positive c, u(c1) < u(c2) when c1 < c2, and u(c) ↗ u∞ as c ↗ ∞.

Furthermore, u∞ is self-similar in the sense that u∞(x, t) = t−αw(|x| t−αβ) for α = 1/(q − 1), β = ½(q − m), and some smooth function w defined on [0, ∞), so that is a finite positive constant independent of t > 0.

We establish existence results for a class of semilinear elliptic equations with exponential nonlinearity by studying a suitable eigenvalue problem. We also establish a uniqueness result for those equations by making use of the implicit function theorem.

We study the problem of the well-posedness for the abstract Cauchy problem associated to the non-autonomous one-dimensional wave equation utt = A(t)u with general Wentzell boundary conditions Here A(t)u := (a(x, t)ux)x, a(x, t) ≥ ε > 0 in [0, 1] × [0, + ∞) and βj(t) > 0, γj(t) ≥ 0, (γ0(t), γ1(t)) ≠ (0,0). Under suitable regularity conditions on a, βj, γj we prove the well-posedness in a suitable (energy) Hilbert space

In this paper we establish the existence of many positive solutions to with Vx a vector-valued nonlinearity.

In this paper we will show that the optimal bounds for certain static and dynamic bifurcation values of periodic solutions of some superlinear differential equations can be expressed explicitly using Sobolev constants.

We consider the two-dimensional autonomous systems of differential equations of the form where P(x,y) and Q(x,y) are analytic functions of order greater than or equal to 2. These systems have a focus at the origin if λ ≠ 0, and have either a centre or a weak focus if λ = 0. In this work we study the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an isochronous critical point at the origin. Our result is, to the best of our knowledge, original when applied to weak foci and gives known results when applied to strong foci or to centres.

We consider a generalized Ginzburg–Landau energy functional modelling a superconductor surrounded by a material in the normal state. In this model, the order parameter is defined in the whole space. We derive existence of a global minimizer in weighted Sobolev spaces for both square-integrable and constant-applied magnetic fields. We then prove boundedness and classical elliptic estimates for the order parameter, in order to study the loss of superconductivity for high applied magnetic fields. In two dimensions for the general case and in three dimensions for the case of constant permeability, we show the existence of an upper critical field above which the only finite-energy weak solutions are the normal states. For the three-dimensional case, we show that as the applied field tends to infinity, finite-energy weak solutions tend to the normal state

We study nonlinear Landau–Ginzburg-type equations on the half-line in the critical case where β ∈ C, ρ > 2. The linear operator K is a pseudodifferential operator defined by the inverse Laplace transform with dissipative symbol K(p) = αpρ, M = [1/2ρ]. The aim of this paper is to prove the global existence of solutions to the initial–boundary-value problem and to find the main term of the asymptotic representation of solutions in the critical case, when the time decay of the nonlinearity has the same rate as that of the linear part of the equation.

Maz'ja and Sinnamon proved a characterization of the boundedness of the Hardy operator from Lp(v) into Lq(w) in the case 0 < q < p, 1 < p < ∞. We present here a new simple proof of the sufficiency part of that result.

We study positive solutions of a very fast diffusion equation, ut = (um−1ux)x, m < 0, in a bounded interval, 0 < x < L, with a quenching-type boundary condition at one end, u (0, t) = (T − t)1/(1 − m) and a zero-flux boundary condition at the other, (um −1ux)(L, t) = 0. We prove that for m ≥ −1 regional quenching is not possible: the quenching set is either a single point or the whole interval. Conversely, if m < −1 single-point quenching is impossible, and quenching is either regional or global. For some lengths the above facts depend on the initial data. The results are obtained by studying the corresponding blow-up problem for the variable v = um −1.

We study the phenomenon of the infinite-time stabilization of classical global solutions of nonlinear reaction–diffusion equations to an unbounded (singular) stationary state and we present a new case of such an asymptotic singularity pattern formation. We concentrate on the most famous parabolic model, namely the semi-linear Frank-Kamenetskii equation from combustion theory,where B is a ball in RN. Our goal is to show that a new asymptotic problem arises precisely in dimension 10, not being available in other dimensions (which were studied earlier). For N = 10, we fix the ball B = {|x| < 4} and take bounded initial data u0 below the singular stationary solution Us(x) = ln(16/|x|2), which is unbounded at the origin x = 0.

We establish a sharp estimate on the rate of convergence u(x, t) → Us(x) as t → ∞ on compact subsets bounded away from x = 0 and also at the singularity point. We show that u(0, t) = α0t + O(ln t) → ∞, where the positive constant α0 is given by the first eigenvalue of the associated linear differential operator. We present formal asymptotic results showing that a detailed asymptotic analysis depends on a quite involved balance between various linear and nonlinear terms. Moreover, similar critical asymptotic behaviour is shown to exist in various related nonlinear second- and higher-order parabolic equation.

We introduce the notion of the boundary flow for minimal surfaces in Rn with Plateau boundary condition and establish the global existence and uniqueness of the flow as well as the continuous dependence on the initial data.

We study the balanced Allen–Cahn problem in a singular perturbation setting. We are interested in the behaviour of clusters of layers, i.e. a family of solutions uε(x) with an increasing number of layers as ε → 0. In particular, we give a characterization of cluster of layers with asymptotically positive length by means of a limit energy function and, conversely, for a given admissible pattern, i.e. for a given a limit energy function, we construct a family of solutions with the corresponding behaviour.

In this paper, we study a symmetry-breaking phenomenon of a least-energy solution to a nonlinear Schrödinger equation under suitable assumptions on V(x), where λ > 1, p > 2 and χA is the characteristic function of the set A = [−(l + 2), −l] ∪ [l,l + 2] with l > 0. We also study asymptotic profiles of least-energy solutions for the singularly perturbed problem for small ε > 0.

In this note, we first consider the monotonicity of the Maslov-type index theory. More precisely, for any two 1-periodic symmetric continuous matrix functions B0(t) and B1(t) with B0(t) < B1(t), we consider the relations between the Maslov-type indices (i(B0), ν (B0)) and (i(B1), ν (B1)). We then apply this theory to study the existence and multiplicity of some kinds of asymptotically linear Hamiltonian systems

In this paper, we consider a ring of neurons with self-feedback and delays. As a result of our approach based on global bifurcation theorems of delay differential equations coupled with representation theory of Lie groups, the coexistence of its asynchronous periodic solutions (i.e. mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves and discrete waves), bifurcated simultaneously from the trivial solution at some critical values of the delay, will be established for delay not only near to but also far away from the critical values. Therefore, we can obtain wave solutions of large amplitudes. In addition, we consider the coincidence of these periodic solutions.

We develop the geometric two-scale convergence on forms in order to describe the homogenization of partial differential equations with random variables on non-flat domain. We prove the compactness theorem and some two-scale behaviours for differential forms. For its applications, we investigate the limiting equations of the n-dimensional Maxwell equations with random coefficients, with given initial and boundary conditions, where are symmetric positive-definite matrices for x ∈ M, and M is an n-dimensional compact oriented Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary. The limiting system of n-dimensional Maxwell equations turns out to be degenerate and it is proven to be well-posed. The homogenized coefficients affected by the geometry of the domain are presented, and compared with the homogenized coefficient of the second order elliptic equation. We present the convergence theorem in order to explain the convergence of the solutions of Maxwell system as a parabolic partial differential equation.

We study to what extent the known results concerning the behaviour of Hopf vector fields, with respect to volume, energy and generalized energy functionals, on the round sphere are still valid for the metrics obtained by performing the canonical variation of the Hopf fibration.

We call a quasi-adequate semi-group whose set of idempotents forms a left [right] quasi-normal band a left [right] semi-perfect abundant semi-group. After obtaining some characterization theorems of such quasi-adequate semi-groups, we establish a structure for left [right] semi-perfect abundant semi-groups of type W. Our results generalize and strengthen the results of El-Qallali and Fountain on quasi-adequate semi-groups.

Sufficient conditions are given for an autonomous differential systemto have a single point global attractor (repeller) with f continuously differentiable almost everywhere. These results incorporate those of Hartman and Olech as a special case even when the condition f ∈ C1(D, RN) is fully met. Moreover, these criteria are simplified for a class of region-wise linear systems in RN.