Initial value problems for quasilinear parabolic equations having Radon measures as initial data have been widely investigated, looking for solutions which for positive times take values in some function space. In contrast, it is the purpose of this paper to define and investigate solutions that for positive times take values in the space of the Radon measures of the initial data. We call such solutions measure-valued, in contrast to function-valued solutionspreviously considered in the literature. We first show that there is a natural notion of measure-valued solution of problem (P) below, in spite of its nonlinear character. A major consequence of our definition is that, if the space dimension is greater than one, the concentrated part of the solution with respect to the Newtonian capacity is constant in time. Subsequently, we prove that there exists exactly one solution of the problem, such that the diffuse part with respect to the Newtonian capacity of the singular part of the solution (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) is concentrated for almost every positive time on the set where "the regular part (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) is large". Moreover, using a family of entropy inequalities we demonstrate that the singular part of the solution is nonincreasing in time. Finally, the regularity problem is addressed, as we give conditions (depending on the space dimension, the initial data and the rate of convergence at infinity of the nonlinearity ψ) to ensure that the measure-valued solution of problem (P) is, in fact, function-valued. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Radon Measure-Valued Solutions for a Class of Quasilinear Parabolic Equations / Porzio, Maria Michaela; Flavia, Smarrazzo; Tesei, Alberto. - In: ARCHIVE FOR RATIONAL MECHANICS AND ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0003-9527. - STAMPA. - 210:3(2013), pp. 713-772. [10.1007/s00205-013-0666-0]

Radon Measure-Valued Solutions for a Class of Quasilinear Parabolic Equations

PORZIO, Maria Michaela;TESEI, Alberto
2013

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Initial value problems for quasilinear parabolic equations having Radon measures as initial data have been widely investigated, looking for solutions which for positive times take values in some function space. In contrast, it is the purpose of this paper to define and investigate solutions that for positive times take values in the space of the Radon measures of the initial data. We call such solutions measure-valued, in contrast to function-valued solutionspreviously considered in the literature. We first show that there is a natural notion of measure-valued solution of problem (P) below, in spite of its nonlinear character. A major consequence of our definition is that, if the space dimension is greater than one, the concentrated part of the solution with respect to the Newtonian capacity is constant in time. Subsequently, we prove that there exists exactly one solution of the problem, such that the diffuse part with respect to the Newtonian capacity of the singular part of the solution (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) is concentrated for almost every positive time on the set where "the regular part (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) is large". Moreover, using a family of entropy inequalities we demonstrate that the singular part of the solution is nonincreasing in time. Finally, the regularity problem is addressed, as we give conditions (depending on the space dimension, the initial data and the rate of convergence at infinity of the nonlinearity ψ) to ensure that the measure-valued solution of problem (P) is, in fact, function-valued. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
2013
35k65; primary: 35k20; 28a33; secondary: 35k59; 35r06
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Radon Measure-Valued Solutions for a Class of Quasilinear Parabolic Equations / Porzio, Maria Michaela; Flavia, Smarrazzo; Tesei, Alberto. - In: ARCHIVE FOR RATIONAL MECHANICS AND ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0003-9527. - STAMPA. - 210:3(2013), pp. 713-772. [10.1007/s00205-013-0666-0]
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