System of Degenerate Parabolic $p$-Laplacian

TL;DR

This paper investigates the mathematical properties of solutions to a degenerate parabolic p-Laplacian system, establishing existence, uniqueness, boundedness, asymptotic behavior, and a Harnack inequality.

Contribution

It provides new results on existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic decay of solutions to the degenerate parabolic p-Laplacian system, including convergence to Barenblatt solutions.

Findings

Existence and uniqueness of solutions proved.

Solutions' gradients are bounded in L-infinity.

Solutions converge to Barenblatt solutions as time tends to infinity.

Abstract

In this paper, we study the mathematical properties of the solution $\bold{u}=\left(u^1,\cdots,u^k\right)$ to the degenerate parabolic system \begin{equation*} \bold{u}_t=\nabla\cdot\left(\left|\nabla\bold{u}\right|^{p-2}\nabla \bold{u}\right), \qquad \qquad \left(p>2\right). \end{equation*} More precisely, we show the uniqueness and existence of solution $\bold{u}$ and investigate a priori $L^{\infty}$ boundedness of the gradient of the solution. Assuming that the solution decays quickly at infinity, we also prove that the component $u^l$, $\left(1\leq l\leq k\right)$, converges to the function $c^l\mathcal{B}$ in space as $t\to\infty$. Here, the function $\mathcal{B}$ is the fundamental or Barenblatt solution of $p$-Laplacian equation and the constant $c^l$ is determined by the $L^1$-mass of $u^l$. The proof is based on the existence of entropy functional.\\ \indent As an application of the asymptotic large time behaviour, we establish a Harnack type inequality which makes the size of spatial average being controlled by the value of solution at one point.