Boundary behavior and monotonicity estimates for solutions to nonlinear diffusion equations
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Boundary behavior and monotonicity estimates for solutions to nonlinear diffusion equations
zbMATH Open document ID: 0594.35055
DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-1985-15-4-769
published in: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper deals with the parabolic equation \[ \nu_ t=A(\nu)\nu_{xx}\quad on\quad (0,1)\times {\mathbb{R}}^+,\quad \nu =0\quad on\quad (0,1)\times \{0\}, \] supplemented with boundary conditions on \(\{0\}\times {\mathbb{R}}^+\) and on \(\{1\}\times {\mathbb{R}}^+\) either of Dirichlet (temperature controlled case) or of Neumann type (flux controlled case). This problem is substantially equivalent to the more standard equation in divergence form \(u_ t=(a(u)u_ x)_ x\). After establishing certain compatibility conditions between Dirichlet and Neumann data, the author proves i) a-priori estimates for the solution and its space gradient; ii) monotone dependence of the boundary values on the coefficient A. Specifically, if \[ \partial_ t\nu_ i=A_ i(\nu)\partial_{xx}\nu_ i(x,t),\quad 0<x<1,\quad 0<t<T,\quad \nu_ i=0\quad on\quad (0,1)\times \{0\}, \] \[ -\partial_ x\nu_ i(0,t)=g_ 0(t);\quad \partial_ x\nu_ i(1,t)=0,\quad 0<t<T \] for \(i=1,2\), and the coefficients \(A_ i\) satisfy, beside certain general properties, \(A_ 1(0)=A_ 2(0)\), \(A_ 1'(0)>A_ 2'(0)\), then for \(0<\sigma_ 1<\sigma_ 2\) there exist \(t_ 1=t_ 1(\sigma_ 1)\), \(T_ 1=T_ 1(\sigma_ 2)\) such that \(0<t_ 1<T_ 1\) and \[ (a)\quad \nu_ 1(0,t)-\nu_ 2(0,T)\geq C(t-t_ 1)\lambda \quad for\quad t_ 1\leq t\leq T_ 1, \] where \(C>0\) and \(\lambda =\min_{s\in [\sigma_ 1,\sigma_ 2]}(A_ 1(s)-A_ 2(s));\) moreover, (b) for \(\sigma >0\) there exists \(\tau =\tau (\sigma)>0\) such that \[ \nu_ 1(0,t)-\nu_ 2(0,t)\leq K(\tau)\mu \quad for\quad 0\leq t\leq \sigma, \] where \(K(\tau)>0\), and \(\mu =\max_{s\in [0,\sigma]}(A_ 1(s)-A_ 2(s))\). a) shows that identical flux controlled experiments involving distinct coefficients \(A_ 1\), \(A_ 2\) in the appropriate class cannot produce identical Dirichlet data at \(x=0\); b) then shows that identical flux controlled experiments with identical coefficients must produce identical Dirichlet boundary values at \(x=0\). Similar results prevail in the temperature controlled case.…
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35K55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35R30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B30
zbMATH DE Number: 3955553
zbMATH Keywords: equation in divergence form
zbMATH Keywords: compatibility conditions
zbMATH Keywords: a-priori estimates
zbMATH Keywords: monotone dependence
zbMATH Keywords: inverse problems
zbMATH Keywords: nonlinear parabolic equations
author: Paul DuChateau
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: rmj-1985-15-4-769
OpenAlex ID: W2090529643
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