# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2011, 10(1): 361-396. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2011.10.361

## An evolution equation involving the normalized $P$-Laplacian

 1 Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50923 Köln, Germany

Received  February 2010 Revised  May 2010 Published  November 2010

This paper considers an initial-boundary value problem for the evolution equation associated with the normalized $p$-Laplacian. There exists a unique viscosity solution $u,$ which is globally Lipschitz continuous with respect to $t$ and locally with respect to $x.$ Moreover, we study the long time behavior of the viscosity solution $u$ and compute numerical solutions of the problem.
Citation: Kerstin Does. An evolution equation involving the normalized $P$-Laplacian. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2011, 10 (1) : 361-396. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2011.10.361
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