Published Paper

Inserted: 12 nov 2013
Last Updated: 5 jul 2016

Journal: SIAM J. Math. Anal.
Year: 2015

Abstract:

We consider a class of degenerate parabolic equations with linear growth Lagrangian. Two prototypes within this class, sharing common features with nonlinear transport equations, are the relativistic porous medium equation and the speed-limited (or flux-limited) porous medium equation. In arbitrary space dimension we prove that entropy solutions to the Cauchy problem satisfy the finite speed of propagation property, with upper bounds that we expect to be sharp. For the two aforementioned prototypes, in one space dimension we provide a condition on the growth of the initial datum which guarantees the occurrence of a waiting-time phenomenon; we also present a heuristic argument in favor of the optimality of such condition.

Keywords: entropy solutions, Degenerate parabolic equations, Singular parabolic equations, Nonlinear transport equations, Finite speed of propagation, Waiting time phenomena

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