Special solutions to a fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equation in non-divergence form

DOI10.4310/CMS.2019.V17.N3.A9zbMATH Open1421.35046arXiv1808.09393WikidataQ127310911 ScholiaQ127310911MaRDI QIDQ2272589

Xiangsheng Xu

Publication date: 10 September 2019

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study a crystal surface model first proposed by H.~Al Hajj Shehadeh, R.V.~Kohn, and J.~Weare (2011 Physica D, 240,1771-1784). By seeking a solution of a particular function form, we are led to a boundary value problem for a fourth-order nonlinear elliptic equation. The mathematical challenge of the problem is due to the fact that the degeneracy in the equation is directly imposed by one of the two boundary conditions. An existence theorem is established in which a meaningful mathematical interpretation of one of the boundary conditions remains open. Our proof seems to suggest that this is unavoidable. We also obtain self-similar solutions to the crystal surface model which are positive and unbounded. This is in sharp contrast with the linear biharmonic heat equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.09393

zbMATH Keywords

degeneracybiharmonic heat equationcrystal surface models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic equations (35K35) Degenerate parabolic equations (35K65) Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Solutions to PDEs in closed form (35C05) Self-similar solutions to PDEs (35C06) Quasilinear parabolic equations (35K59)

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