Conditional Symmetry Groups of Nonlinear Diffusion Equations with x-Dependent Convection and Absorption

The generalized conditional symmetry and sign-invariant approaches are developed to study the nonlinear diffusion equations with x-dependent convection and source terms. We obtain conditions under which the equations admit the second-order generalized conditional symmetries and the first-order sign-invariants on the solutions. Several types of different generalized conditional symmetries and first-order sign-invariants for the equations with diffusion of power law are obtained. Exact solutions to the resulting equations are constructed.

Functional Separable Solutions to Nonlinear Diffusion Equations by Group Foliation Method

We consider the functional separation of variables to the nonlinear diffusion equation with source and convection term： ut = （A（x）D（u）ux）x ＋ B（x）Q（u）, Ax ≠ 0. The functional separation of variables to this equation is studied by using the group foliation method. A classification is carried out for the equations which admit the function separable solutions. As a consequence, some solutions to the resulting equations are obtained.

Nonlocal Symmetries to Systems of Nonlinear Diffusion Equations

In this paper, we study potential symmetries to certain systems of nonlinear diffusion equations. Thosesystems have physical applications in soil science, mathematical biology, and invariant curve flows in R^3. Lie point symmetries of the potential system, which cannot be projected to vector fields of the given dependent and independent variables, yield potential symmetries. The class of the system that admits potential symmetries is expanded.

Invariant Sets and Exact Solutions to Nonlinear Diffusion Equations with x-Dependent Convection and Absorption

In this paper, we introduce a new invariant set Eo={u：ux=f＇（x）F（u）＋ε[g＇（x）-f＇（x）g（x）]F（u）×exp（-∫^u1/F（z）dz）}where f and g are some smooth functions of x, ε is a constant, and F is a smooth function to be determined. The invariant sets and exact sohltions to nonlinear diffusion equation ut = （ D（u）ux）x ＋ Q（x, u）ux ＋ P（x, u）, are discussed. It is shown that there exist several classes of solutions to the equation that belong to the invariant set Eo.

Potential Symmetries to a System of Three-Component Nonlinear Diffusion Equations

A system of nonlinear diffusion equations with three components is studied via the potential symmetry method. It is shown that the system admits the potential symmetries for certain diffusion terms. The invariant solutions assoeiated with the potential symmetries are obtained.

Complicated Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions for the Cauchy Problem of Doubly Nonlinear Diffusion Equation

In this paper,we analyze the large time behavior of nonnegative solutions to the doubly nonlinear diffusion equation u_(t)−div(|∇u^(m)|^(p−2)∇u^(m))=0 in R^(N)with p>1,m>0 and m(p−1)−1>0.By using the finite propagation property and the L^(1)−L^(∞)smoothing effect,we find that the complicated asymptotic behavior of the rescaled solutions t^(μ/2)u(t^(β)⋅,t)for 0<μ<2 N/(N[m(p−1)−1]+p)andβ>(2−μ[m(p−1)−1])/(2 p)can take place.

Gradient Estimates for a Nonlinear Diffusion Equation on Complete Manifolds

Let （M,g） be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold with the m- dimensional Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature bounded below by a non-positive constant. In this paper, we give a localized Hamilton-type gradient estimate for the positive smooth bounded solutions to the following nonlinear diffusion equation ut = △u - △↓ φ· △ ↓u - aulogu- bu,where φ is a C^2 function, and a ≠ 0 and b are two real constants. This work generalizes the results of Souplet and Zhang （Bull. London Math. Soc., 38 （2006）, pp. 1045-1053） and Wu （Preprint, 2008）.

Gradient Estimates for a Nonlinear Diffusion Equation on Complete Manifolds

This paper deals with the gradient estimates of the Hamilton type for the positive solutions to the following nonlinear diffusion equation：on a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with a Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature bounded below by -K （K 〉 0）, where φ is a C2 function, a（x） and b（x） are C1 functions with certain conditions.

A Class of New Special Solution of Nonlinear Diffusion Equation

One of the most interesting problems of nonlinear differential equations is the construction of partial solutions. A new method is presented in this paper to seek special solutions of nonlinear diffusion equations. This method is based on seeking suitable function to satisfy Bernolli equation. Many new special solutions are obtained.

Anomalous Dimension in the Solution of the Modified Porous Medium Equation

A new method - perturbative summation to infinite order is presented to obtain the anomalous dimension in the solution of the modified porous medium equation. The result is the same as that in the renormalization group (RG) approach. It gives us an insight into the anomalous exponent in the asymptotic solution of the modified porous medium equation in the RG approach. Based on this discussion, we can see that the anomalous dimension appears naturally in the problem and the nonlinearity reflects the anomalous long-time behavior of the system.

EXPONENTIAL TIME DIFFERENCING-PADE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR NONLINEAR CONVECTION-DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATIONS WITH TIME CONSTANT DELAY

In this paper,ETD3-Padéand ETD4-PadéGalerkin finite element methods are proposed and analyzed for nonlinear delayed convection-diffusion-reaction equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions.An ETD-based RK is used for time integration of the corresponding equation.To overcome a well-known difficulty of numerical instability associated with the computation of the exponential operator,the Padéapproach is used for such an exponential operator approximation,which in turn leads to the corresponding ETD-Padéschemes.An unconditional L^(2) numerical stability is proved for the proposed numerical schemes,under a global Lipshitz continuity assumption.In addition,optimal rate error estimates are provided,which gives the convergence order of O(k^(3)+h^(r))(ETD3-Padé)or O(k^(4)+h^(r))(ETD4-Padé)in the L^(2)norm,respectively.Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed numerical schemes.

Global Null Controllability of the 1-Dimensional Nonlinear Slow Diffusion Equation

The authors prove the global null controllability for the 1-dimensional nonlinear slow diffusion equation by using both a boundary and an internal control. They assume that the internal control is only time dependent. The proof relies on the return method in combination with some local controllability results for nondegenerate equations and rescaling techniques.

Solvability for Nonlinear Reaction Diffusion Equation with Boundary Perturbation

In this paper, the nonlinear reaction diffusion equation with boundary perturbation is considered. Using discussions on solvability, the perturbed solution of original problem is obtained, and the uniform validity of the solution is proved.

EVANS FUNCTIONS AND INSTABILITY OF A STANDING PULSE SOLUTION OF A NONLINEAR SYSTEM OF REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

In this paper, we consider a nonlinear system of reaction diffusion equa- tions arising from mathematical neuroscience and two nonlinear scalar reaction diffusion equations under some assumptions on their coefficients. The main purpose is to couple together linearized stability criterion （the equivalence of the nonlinear stability, the linear stability and the spectral sta- bility of the standing pulse solutions） and Evans functions to accomplish the existence and instability of standing pulse solutions of the nonlinear system of reaction diffusion equations and the nonlinear scalar reaction diffusion equa- tions. The Evans functions for the standing pulse solutions are constructed explicitly.

Invariant subspaces and conditional Lie-Bcklund symmetries of inhomogeneous nonlinear difusion equations

The inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equation is studied by invariant subspace and condi- tional Lie=Bgcklund symmetry methods. It is shown that the equations admit a class of invariant subspaces governed by the nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which is equivalent to a kind of higher=order conditional Lie-B^icklund symmetries of the equations. As a consequence, a number of new solutions to the inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equations are constructed explicitly or reduced to solving finite-dimensional dynamical sys- tems.

Streamlines in the Two-Dimensional Spreading of a Thin Fluid Film: Blowing and Suction Velocity Proportional to the Height

The two-dimensional spreading under gravity of a thin fluid film with suction (fluid leak-off) or blowing (fluid injection) at the base is considered. The thin fluid film approximation is imposed. The height of the thin film satisfies a nonlinear diffusion equation with a source/sink term. The Lie point symmetries of the nonlinear diffusion equation are derived and exist, which provided the fluid velocity at the base, vn satisfies a first order linear partial differential equation. The general form has algebraic time dependence while a special case has exponential time dependence. The solution in which vn is proportional to the height of the thin film is studied. The width of the base always increases with time even for suction while the height decreases with time for sufficiently weak blowing. The streamlines of the fluid flow inside the thin film are plotted by first solving a cubic equation. For sufficiently weak blowing there is a dividing streamline, emanating from the stagnation point on the centre line which separates the fluid flow into two regions, a lower region consisting of rising fluid and dominated by fluid injection at the base and an upper region consisting of descending fluid and dominated by spreading due to gravity. For sufficiently strong blowing the lower region expands to completely fill the whole thin film.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND EXTINCTION FOR A DEGENERATE NONLINEAR DIFFUSION PROBLEM WITH NONLINEAR GRADIENT TERM AND ABSORPTION

Existence and extinction in finite time of global weak solutions for the problem （P） are proved.

Optimal Conditions on Generalized Solutions of Coupled Nonlinear Diffusion Systems

This paper studies coupled nonlinear diffusion equations with more general nonlinearities, subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of generalized solutions of the system, which extend the known results for nonlinear diffusion systems with more special nonlinearities.

Numerical Resolution Near t=0 of Nonlinear Evolution Equations in the Presence of Corner Singularities in Space Dimension 1

The incompatibilities between the initial and boundary data will cause singularities at the time-space corners,which in turn adversely affect the accuracy of the numerical schemes used to compute the solutions.We study the corner singularity issue for nonlinear evolution equations in 1D,and propose two remedy procedures that effectively recover much of the accuracy of the numerical scheme in use.Applications of the remedy procedures to the 1D viscous Burgers equation,and to the 1D nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation are presented.The remedy procedures are applicable to other nonlinear diffusion equations as well.

Ma’s Variation of Parameters Method for Fisher’s Equations

In this paper,we apply Ma’s variation of parameters method(VPM)for solving Fisher’s equations.The suggested algorithm proved to be very efficient and finds the solution without any discretization,linearization,perturbation or restrictive assumptions.Numerical results reveal the complete reliability of the proposed VPM.