Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31913
Title: Semi-waves with Lambda-shaped free boundary for nonlinear Stefan problems: Existence
Contributor(s): Du, Yihong  (author)orcid ; Gui, Changfeng (author); Wang, Kelei (author); Zhou, Maolin  (author)
Publication Date: 2021
Early Online Version: 2021-03-02
DOI: 10.1090/proc/15346
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31913
Abstract: 

We show that for a monostable, bistable or combustion type of nonlinear function f (u), the Stefan problem

{ut -∆ u = f(u), u > 0 for x ∈ Ω(t) ⊂ ℝn+1,
u = 0 and ut = μ | ∇xu|2for x ∈ Ωt,

has a traveling wave solution whose free boundary is Λ-shaped, and whose speed is κ, where κ can be any given positive number satisfying κ > κ*, and κ* is the unique speed for which the above Stefan problem has a planar traveling wave solution. To distinguish it from the usual traveling wave solutions, we call it a semi-wave solution. In particular, if α ∈ (0, π/2) is determined by sin α = κ(*/)κ, then for any finite set of unit vectors (νi : 1 <= i <= m} ⊂ ℝn, there is a Λ-shaped semi-wave with traveling speed κ, with traveling direction -en+1n+1 , and with free boundary given by a hypersurface in ℝn+1 of the form

xn+1 = π(x1, ..., xn) = ɸ* (x1, ..., xn) + O(1) as |(x1, ..., xn)| -> ∞,

where

ɸ* (x1, ..., xn) \ colonequals - [max(1 <= i <= m) νi . (x1, ..., xn)] cot α

is a solution of the eikonal equation | ∇ ɸ | = cot α on ℝn.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: ARC/DP190103757
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 149(5), p. 2091-2104
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1088-6826
0002-9939
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 490410 Partial differential equations
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280118 Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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