Pointwise gradient estimates and stabilization for Fisher-KPP type equations with a concentration dependent diffusion

We prove a pointwise gradient estimate for the bounded weak solution of the Cauchy problem associated to the quasilinear Fisher-KPP type equation ut ='(u)xx + (u) when ' satisÖes that '(0)=0; and (u) is vanishing only for levels u = 0 and u = 1. As a Örst consequence we prove that the...

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Autor: Díaz Díaz, Jesús Ildefonso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44520
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44520
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:517.9
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Sumario:We prove a pointwise gradient estimate for the bounded weak solution of the Cauchy problem associated to the quasilinear Fisher-KPP type equation ut ='(u)xx + (u) when ' satisÖes that '(0)=0; and (u) is vanishing only for levels u = 0 and u = 1. As a Örst consequence we prove that the bounded weak solution becomes instantaneously a continuous function even if the initial datum is merely a discontinuous bounded function. Moreover the obtained estimates also prove the stabilization of the gradient of bounded weak solutions as t ! +1 for suitable initial data.