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A free-boundary problem for the evolution p-Laplacian equation with a combustion boundary condition

Posted on:2008-10-04Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Columbia UniversityCandidate:To, Tung TFull Text:PDF
GTID:1440390005462251Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
We study the existence, uniqueness and the regularity of solutions of the equation ft = Deltapf = div (|Df|p -2Df) under bourdary conditions f = 0 and |Df| = 1. We show that if the function u is concave and of class C1,alpha with bounded support at the initial time, then the problem admits a unique solution which exists until vanishing identically. Furthermore, the boundary of the support of u is smooth for all positive time.
Keywords/Search Tags:Equation, Boundary
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