Modulation theory for the flat blowup solutions of nonlinear heat equation

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel modulation technique to analyze flat blowup solutions of the nonlinear heat equation, simplifying existing proofs by controlling zero eigenmodes with a topological shooting method.

Contribution

The paper presents the first application of modulation methods to flat blowup profiles in the nonlinear heat equation, enhancing the existing finite-dimensional reduction approach.

Findings

Successful control of zero eigenmodes using modulation.

Simplification of the proof of blowup solution existence.

Potential for broader application of modulation techniques.

Abstract

In this paper, we revisit the proof of the existence of a solution to the semilinear heat equation in one space dimension with a at blowup profile, already proved by Bricmont and Kupainen together with Herrero and Vel\'{a}zquez. Though our approach relies on the well celebrated method, based on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, then the use of a topological shooting method to solve the latter, the novelty of our approach lays in the use of a modulation technique to control the projection of the zero eigenmode arising in the problem. Up to our knowledge, this is the first time where modulation is used with this kind of profiles. We do hope that this simplifies the argument.