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Zbl 0809.35043
Fila, Marek; Levine, Howard A.
Quenching on the boundary.
(English)
[J] Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 21, No.10, 795-802 (1993). ISSN 0362-546X

Let $u$ be the solution of the equation $u\sb t= u\sb{xx}$, $x\in (0,1)$, $t>0$, with the boundary conditions $u\sb x (0,t)=0$, $u\sb x(1,t)= - u\sp{-\beta} (1,t)$, where $\beta>0$, and the initial condition $u\sb 0$ is positive, sufficiently smooth and satisfies the boundary conditions. The authors show that this solution reaches zero at $x=1$ in finite time $T=T(u\sb 0)$. Concerning the behavior of $u$ near $(1,T)$, they prove the following estimates: \align C\sb 1\leq (1-x)\sp{-2\lambda} u(x,T)\leq C\sb 2 &\qquad \text{for x close to } 1\\ (T-t)\sp{-\lambda} u(1-y \sqrt{T-t}, t)\to z\sb 0(y) &\qquad \text{as }t\to T-,\endalign where $z\sb 0$ is a solution of an O.D.E. in $\bbfR\sp +$ and $\lambda= 1/(2\beta +2)$.
[P.Quittner (Bratislava)]
MSC 2000:
*35K60 (Nonlinear) BVP for (non)linear parabolic equations
35B40 Asymptotic behavior of solutions of PDE
35K05 Heat equation

Keywords: quenching; nonlinear boundary condition

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