Israel Journal of Mathematics

, Volume 47, Issue 4, pp 270–290 | Cite as

On the uniformization of the solutions of the porous medium equation inR N

  • Nicholas D. Alikakos
  • Rouben Rostamian
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Abstract

The asymptotics of the solution of the porous medium equation are related to the size of the initial data measured in an optimal way. The universality of the separable solutions is established. Finally an interesting difference with the heat equation is pointed out.

Keywords

Initial Data Heat Equation Porous Medium Equation Lebesgue Dominate Convergence Theorem Separable Solution 
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© Hebrew University 1984

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nicholas D. Alikakos
    • 1
    • 2
  • Rouben Rostamian
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of MathematicsPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteUSA
  2. 2.Department of MathematicsPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkUSA

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