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Reverse Smoothing Effects, Fine Asymptotics, and Harnack Inequalities for Fast Diffusion Equations
Boundary Value Problems volume 2007, Article number: 021425 (2006)
Abstract
We investigate local and global properties of positive solutions to the fast diffusion equation
in the good exponent range
, corresponding to general nonnegative initial data. For the Cauchy problem posed in the whole Euclidean space
, we prove sharp local positivity estimates (weak Harnack inequalities) and elliptic Harnack inequalities; also a slight improvement of the intrinsic Harnack inequality is given. We use them to derive sharp global positivity estimates and a global Harnack principle. Consequences of these latter estimates in terms of fine asymptotics are shown. For the mixed initial and boundary value problem posed in a bounded domain of
with homogeneous Dirichlet condition, we prove weak, intrinsic, and elliptic Harnack inequalities for intermediate times. We also prove elliptic Harnack inequalities near the extinction time, as a consequence of the study of the fine asymptotic behavior near the finite extinction time.
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Bonforte, M., Vazquez, J.L. Reverse Smoothing Effects, Fine Asymptotics, and Harnack Inequalities for Fast Diffusion Equations. Bound Value Probl 2007, 021425 (2006) doi:10.1155/2007/21425
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Keywords
- Cauchy Problem
- Global Property
- Dirichlet Condition
- Harnack Inequality
- Intermediate Time
