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Singular and regular solutions of a nonlinear parabolic system

Petr Plechác et al 2003 Nonlinearity 16 2083-2097   doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/16/6/313  Help

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Petr Plechác1 and Vladimír Sverák2
1 Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
2 School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
E-mail: plechac@maths.warwick.ac.uk and sverak@math.umn.edu

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Abstract. We study a dissipative nonlinear equation modelling certain features of the Navier–Stokes equations. We prove that the evolution of radially symmetric compactly supported initial data does not lead to singularities in dimensions n≤4. For dimensions n>4, we present strong numerical evidence supporting the existence of blow-up solutions. Moreover, using the same techniques we numerically confirm a conjecture of Lepin regarding the existence of self-similar singular solutions to a semi-linear heat equation.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 35K55, 35B05, 76A02

Print publication: Issue 6 (November 2003)
Received 12 February 2003, in final form 1 July 2003
Published 5 September 2003

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