# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2014, 19(7): 2047-2064. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2047

## Singular parabolic problems with possibly changing sign data

 1 Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza, Università di Roma, Via Scarpa 16, 00161 Roma, Italy 2 Dip. Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Univ. Roma 1, Via Antonio Scarpa 16, 00161 Roma

Received  April 2013 Revised  September 2013 Published  August 2014

We show the existence of bounded solutions $u\in L^2(0,T;H^1_0(\Omega))$ for a class of parabolic equations having a lower order term $b(x,t,u,\nabla u)$ growing quadratically in the $\nabla u$-variable and singular in the $u$-variable on the set $\{u=0\}$.
We refer to the model problem $\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u_t - \Delta u = b(x,t) \frac{|\nabla u|^2}{|u|^k} + f(x,t) & in \Omega \times (0,T)\\ u(x,t) = 0 & on \partial\Omega\times(0,T)\\ u(x,0) = u_0 (x) & in \Omega \end{array}\right.$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^N, N \geq 2, 0 < T < + \infty$ and $0 < k < 1$. The data $f(x,t), u_0(x)$ can change their sign, so that the possible solution $u$ can vanish inside $Q_T=\Omega\times(0,T)$ even in a set of positive measure. Therefore, we have to carefully define the meaning of solution. Also $b(x,t)$ can have a quite general sign.
Citation: Ida De Bonis, Daniela Giachetti. Singular parabolic problems with possibly changing sign data. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2014, 19 (7) : 2047-2064. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2047
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