Higher order evolution inequalities with nonlinear convolution terms

TL;DR

This paper investigates the existence and nonexistence of weak solutions for higher order evolution inequalities involving nonlinear convolution terms, focusing on the influence of parameters and the sign of derivatives.

Contribution

It provides necessary conditions on parameters for solutions to exist, highlighting the role of the sign of the highest order time derivative.

Findings

Derived conditions on parameters for solution existence.

Identified the impact of the sign of rac{ ext{d}^{k-1} u}{ ext{d} t^{k-1}}.

Analyzed the influence of convolution kernel properties.

Abstract

We are concerned with the study of existence and nonexistence of weak solutions to $$ \begin{cases} &\displaystyle \frac{\partial^k u}{\partial t^k}+(-\Delta)^m u\geq (K\ast |u|^p)|u|^q \quad\mbox{ in } \mathbb R^N \times \mathbb R_+,\\[0.1in] &\displaystyle \frac{\partial^i u}{\partial t^i}(x,0) = u_i(x) \,\, \text{ in } \mathbb R^N,\, 0\leq i\leq k-1,\\ \end{cases} $$ where $N,k,m\geq 1$ are positive integers, $p,q>0$ and $u_i\in L^1_{\rm loc}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ for $0\leq i\leq k-1$. We assume that $K$ is a radial positive and continuous function which decreases in a neighbourhood of infinity. In the above problem, $K\ast |u|^p$ denotes the standard convolution operation between $K(|x|)$ and $|u|^p$. We obtain necessary conditions on $N,m,k,p$ and $q$ such that the above problem has solutions. Our analysis emphasizes the role played by the sign of $\displaystyle \frac{\partial^{k-1} u}{\partial t^{k-1}}$.