Abstract:
We study the phenomenon of the finiteness of the rate of propagation of the supports of
generalized energy solutions of mixed
problems for a broad class of doubly degenerate
parabolic equations of high order;
a model example here is the equation
$$
(|u|^{q-1}u)_t+(-1)^m \sum_{|\alpha|=m}
D_x^\alpha(|D_x^\alpha u|^{p-1} D_x^\alpha u)+(|u|^{\lambda-1}u)_{x_1}=0,
$$ $m \geqslant 1$, $p>0$, $q>0$, $\lambda>0$.
Bounds (that are sharp in a certain sense) for the early
evolution of the supports of solutions (in particular, of the
‘right’ and the ‘left’ fronts of the solutions), which
depend on local properties of the initial function and the
parameters of the equation, are established. The behaviour of the supports for
large times is also studied.
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