A NNALES DE L ’I. H. P., SECTION C
T ADASHI K AWANAGO
Asymptotic behavior of solutions of a semilinear heat equation with subcritical nonlinearity
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Asymptotic behavior of solutions of
asemilinear
heat equation with subcritical nonlinearity
Tadashi KAWANAGO
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560, Japan.
Vol. 13, nO 1, 1996, p. 1-15 Analyse non linéaire
ABSTRACT. - We consider the
Cauchy problem
for ut = Au + uP with 1 +2 /N
p and(N - 2)p
N + 2. Wegive
acomplete description
ofthe
asymptotic
behavior of thepositive
solution.Nous considerons le
probleme
deCauchy
pour Au + uPavec
1+2/N
p et(N-2)p A~+2.
On donne unedescription complete
de
comportement asymptotique
de la solutionpositive.
1. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN RESULT
We
study
theasymptotic
behavior ofnonnegative
solutions of thefollowing Cauchy problem:
We assume p > 1 and
Uo 0, t
0 inRN.
When uo EL1
nL°°,
Problem(H)
has aunique
local classical solution(see [Kawa, Proposition 2.3]),
which we denote
by u(x, t ; uo).
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2 T. KAWANAGO
If then we say that
u(t ; uo )
blows up in finite time. When p E(1,1 + 2 /N] ,
it is well known(see
e.g.[Kavi])
that all solutions of(H)
blows up in finite
time,
In this paper we consider the next subcritical case:In
spite
of thesimple
form of Problem(H),
we need to transform theequation
in order to obtain someimportant
informations on theasymptotic
behavior of solutions.
Following [Kavi],
we setThen
v(y, s; uo)
satisfiesBy studying
Problem(TH)
Kavian[Kavi]
showedprovided
uo EHP
and For the definition of seeNotations
just
after this section. In this paper we will extend[Kavi]
andclarify
the structure of space ofpositive
solutions of(H).
Let uo E~P
n L°° .Then our main result below shows that
u(t ; uo)
is classified into one of the next threetypes:
Type (I):
oo, i. e.u(t ; uo )
blows up in finitetime,
Type (II):
andt N~2
as t - oo,Type (III):
anduo) t-l~O-1)
as t -~ o0and that the solution of
Type (I)
and the solution ofType (II)
are stableand the solution of
Type (III)
is instable.It is known
(see
e.g.[Kawa])
that ifE(uo)
0 thenu(t ; uo)
is ofType (I),
whereE ( uo )
is the’energy’
of uo definedby
Fuj ita [F]
showed that if uo is bounded thenu(t ; uo)
is of
Type (II),
where a > 0 is a constant and E =c(a)
> 0 is someAnnales de l ’lnstitut Henri Poincaré -
small constant. In
[Kawa]
we gave a necessary and sufficient condition for the solution of(H)
to be ofType (II) (see Proposition
3 in Section2),
which is one of crucial results to establish our main Theorem. Haraux and Weissler
[HW]
observed that(H)
has a self-similar solutionw(x, t)
ofType (III)
constructedby
where f
E SandSuch a solution
w (x, t)
is invariantby
thesimilarity
transformation:namely,
we havet)
=w(x, t)
for 03BB > 0.Now we will state our main result. Let X
:_ ~ f
ELP
nL°° ; f >
0 in be a closed cone of the Banach space
Lp
n L°° with the norm!!-!!:= N2
~ We setWe denote
by
Int(K)
the interior of K in X andby
~K theboundary
of K in X.
THEOREM 1. - We assume
( 1.1 )
Then we obtainthe following:
(i)
The set K is anunbounded,
closed convex set in X and 0 E Int(K) . (ii)
For any uo E X -~0~
there exists aunique
To ER+
such thatMoreover, G : _ ~ uo
=1 ~
and c~K arehomeomorphic by
where P : X -
{0}
~ ~K is thewell-defin.ed projection: Puo
= 03C40u0 E ~K in viewof (1.9).
4 T. KAWANAGO
More
precisely, for
q Ewhere
More
precisely,
we obtainw(v(s ; uo))
cS,
wherew(v)
is w-limit setof
v in
Lp
nL°°,
i.e.(v) If
uo E B then we haveFor the Dirichlet
problem
in bounded domainscorresponding
to(H)
somesimilar results were established in
[Li], [NST], [CL]
and[G].
In this case, the solution blows up in finite time or the solution existstime-globally
and converges whether to 0 or to nontrivial
equilibria
in(thus
in Lq for any qe 1, oo] )
as t - oo . We remark that some methods used in their worksplay improtant
roles in this paperby appropriate
modifications.Recently,
Lee and Ni[LN]
andWang [W]
obtained someinteresting
necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for the solution of
(H)
toexist
time-globally.
Inparticular, they
treat solutions with initial valuesuo ( x ) decaying slowly like x ~ - 2 ~ (p -1 ) as x ~
-~ oo .In Section 2 we
give
somepreliminary
results in order to establish Theorem 1. In Section 3 we prove Theorem 1 andgive
some remarks.Notations. - 1.
R+
:=(0, oo), Q
:=RN
xR+, Q(a, b)
:=RN
x(a, b)
and
Q [a, b)
:=RN
x[a, b).
l~p
2. Lp : - with the usual
( .
Wedenote ~.~~,Q(a,b)
:==I I
° _Annales de l ’lnstitut Henri Poincaré -
is a
weighted Lp-space
with thenorm
denotes the
normof L n LCXJ, :_ ~ ’ ~2
+~~
’6.
HP
:=f f
EH1(RN); V f
ELP}
is a Hilbert space with the innerproduct ( f, g)p := /RN Vg)p
forf,
g EHP.
7.
f (t)
=O(g(t))
means thatlim supt~~ |f(t)/g(t) ]
andf (t) N
g(t)
that 0I lim supt~~ |f(t)/g(t) 1
~.2. PRELIMINARIES
In this section we
give
somepreliminary
results to prove Theorem 1.We defined
by (1.5)
the energyE(u)
for Problem(H).
We also definethe energy for Problem
(TH) by
PROPOSITION 1. -
(i)
Let uo E X nIf E ( uo )
0 then uo E B.(ii)
Let uo E X nIf E(uo )
0 then uo E B.Proof. - (i)
This is well-known. See e.g. theproof
of[Kawa, Propo-
sition
3 .1 ] .
(ii)
See theproof
of[Kavi,
Theorem(1.10)]..
PROPOSITION 2. - We assume
( 1.1 ).
Then thefollowing
hold.(i)
Let b ER+.
Then there exists some constantm E R+
such thatfor
any uo E K with b we m.
(ii)
The set K is closed in X.(iii)
Let uo E B. Then we have( 1.14).
Proof. - Using
Lemma 1below,
we can proveProposition
2essentially by
the sameargument
as in[G]. Therefore,
we leave it to the reader..LEMMA 1. - We assume
( 1.1 ).
Letto
ER+
and u be a classical solutionof (H)
on~0, T),
T >to.
Assume that6 T.KAWANAGO
Then there is some constant a E
R+ independant of
u, ~co and T(dependant of
l andto)
such thatProof - Although
theproof
is similar to that of[G, Lemma],
we willdescribe it for the sake of
completeness.
Weproceed by
a contradiction.Suppose
that Lemma 1 does not hold. Then there is a sequence of solutions of(H)
on~’n
>to
such thatand
Let
Q(to, Tn)
be a sequence such thatWe choose a sequence
An
> 0 such thatWe remark that
A~
satisfies thatAn -
0 as n - oc. We define the function vnby
We can
easily verify
that vn is a solution of(H)
inQn : - Q(-tn/03BB2n, (Tn - tn)/03BB2n).
In view of(2.7)
and(2.8)
we haveSince are
uniformly bounded, ~vn ~
areequi-continuous
on everycompact
subset ofQ(-oo, 0] (see [D]
or[S]). Thus,
there is asubsequence
(still
denotedvn )
and a functionv (x, t)
such thatwhere D is any
compact
subset ofQ(-oo,0].
The function v is a solutionof
(H)
in the sense of distribution and is bounded inQ(2014oo,0]. Therefore,
v is a classical solution of
(H).
It follows from(H)
thatBy (2.9), (2.10)
and(2.11),
we obtainThus,
v is a nontrivialequlibrium
solution of(H).
This contradicts aLiouville theorem in
[GS].
Theproof
iscomplete..
PROPOSITION 3. - Let p > 1 +
2 /N
and po :=N (~ - 1)/2.
Assume that uo EL1
nL°°, Uo 0, t
0 inRN
and Then thefollowing (2.13)
and(2.14)
areequivalent:
where
bo
> 0 is a constantdepending only
on N and p.If (2.1~~
holdsthen
u (t ; uo ) satisfies
for
any qE ~
whereProof -
Theequivalence
of(2.13)
and(2.14)
follows from[Kawa, Corollary 1.1 ],
and(2.15)
with q = oc from[Kawa,
Theorem4.1]. Using [EZ,
Lemma3],
we can prove(2.15)
with q = 1 in the same way as in theproof
of(2.15) with q
= oo .By
linearinterpolation
we obtain(2.15)
for8 T. KAWANAGO
PROPOSITION 4. - Assume p > 1 +
2/N.
We setThen W is open in X.
Proof. -
We fix W. Let po =N(p - 1) /2 (> 1).
It suffices to prove(2.16)
36 =6(N, p)
>0;
ul E X and b y E W.In view of the
comparison principle
we may assume without loss ofgenerality
that Ul > i6o inRN.
We setw(x, t)
=u(x, t; ~cl) - u(x, t; uo)
(>
0 inRN). Then, w
satisfiesWe set
f(t)
= andThen, f (t) E L1(0, oo).
The function W satisfiesHere, Ci
=2p-1p exp [(p - 1) ~0 f (s)dsJ E R+. By Proposition 3,
thereexist 6 ==
b(N,p)
> 0 such that if =u0~p0
b thenwe have
Therefore,
wet-~~2 . Hence, (2.16)
holds..LEMMA 2. - Let
f, 9
E S.If f 9 in RN
thenf = g in RN .
Proof. -
Ourproof
is very close to that of[Li,
Lemma2.2]. By integration by parts
we findwhich leads to
This
yields f == g
inRN .
PROPOSITION 5. - We assume
( 1.1 ).
Let ~co E X and _ ~. Thenu(t ; uo) satisfies
whetheror
Moreover, if (2.18)
holds then we haveand
if (2.19)
holds then we haveProof. -
We canverify
thatKavian
[Kavi,
Theorem(1.13)]
showedand
He
proved (2.24) by using (2.23)
and the method in[CL].
Oncewe obtain
(2.24),
we can derive(2.25)
from thesmoothing
effect:v ( s ; uo)
EL°° ( [T, oo ) ; HP
nC1 ( RN ) )
for T > 0 and thecompactness
of theembedding: Hp
nC1(RN)
CLP
n LCXJ. We remark that the method in[G]
is alsoapplicable
to deduce(2.24). Indeed, using
Lemma 3below,
wecan prove
(2.24) by
the sameargument
in theproof
ofProposition 2, (i).
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10 T. KAWANAGO
Next,
we will show that if(2.18)
does not hold then(2.19)
holds. Letu(t ; uo)
do notsatisfy (2.18).
Then we haveOr
equivalently,
Therefore,
we deduce thatwhich leads to
By Proposition
3 we obtain(2.19). Now,
we see that(2.19), (2.21)
and(2.26)
areequivalent. Thus, (2.18)
and(2.20)
are alsoequivalent..
LEMMA 3. - We assume
( 1.1 ).
Let so ER+
and v be a classical solutionof (TH)
on[0, T ),
T > so. Assume thatThen there is some constant a E
R+ independant of v,
uo and T(dependant of
l andso)
such thatProof -
Since theproof
isessentially
the same as that of Lemma1,
we leave it to the reader.
3. PROOF OF THEOREM 1 AND REMARKS
Proof of
Theorem l. - Let W be the open set in X defined in the statement ofProposition
4.(i)
Wealready proved
the closedness of K(see Proposition 2). By
the same
argument
as in[Li],
we canverify
that K is convex. TheAnnales de t’lnstitut Henri Poincaré -
unboundedness of K follows from
Proposition
3.Indeed,
we caneasily
find
uo
E X suchthat ~un0~p0 80 and
> n for n E N.By Propo-
sition
3,
is an unbounded sequence in K. We can see 0 E Int(K)
also in view of
Proposition
3.(ii)
We fix any We set L ={03C4
ER+ ;
03C4u0 ~W}
and M =
{03C4
ER+ ;
03C4u0 ~B}.
The sets L and M are open connected sets withL ~ ~
andM ~ ~. Therefore, R+ - (L
UM) ~ ~.
SetTo =
min ~R+ - (L
UM)}
and Ti =max ~R+ - (L
UM)}. By
thedefinition we have 03C41 u0 E
8K,
03C4u0 E W if T To and Tuo E B if T > Tl . We will show that To = 71. Since03C40u0)
is a subsolution of(TH)
with the initial value Tiuo, we obtain
Therefore,
there existf
Eand 9 E
such thatBy Proposition 5,
It follows from
(3.2), (3.3)
and Lemma 2 thatf
= g and To = Tl. Thuswe have
proved (1.9).
Now we know that the map G -~ 8K is one to one and onto.
Cleary, ( P ~ G ) -1
is continuous.Thus,
it suffices to show that is continuous. Let C G be a sequence in X such that xo in X as ?~ 2014~ oo for some Xo E G. We will proveWe fix a number A > 1. We can
easily
checkSince
03BBPx0 ~ B and
B is open, B forsufficiently large
n. Thus we obtain
By (3.6)
there exist asubsequence (still
denoted and a numbera > 0 such that
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It follows that
Therefore,
we deduce that axo E 9K and a Since a is aunique
constant
independant
of the way to choose asubsequence,
we obtain(3.4).
(iii) By
theproof
of(ii)
we can derive that Int(K)
= W. Thus we have(1.11) by Proposition
3. The estimate(1.10)
follows from(1.11).
(iv)
LetBy
theproof
ofProposition
5 we havefor q
= po and q = oo. Sincev(s ; uo)
is bounded in X for s >0,
we haveTherefore, (3.9) actually
holds for any q E[1,00]. Combining (2.22)
and(3.9),
we deduce(1.12).
We obtain from(3.9)
andProposition
5 thatw ( v (s ; uo))
C S.(v)
We havealready
obtained(1.14) (see Proposition 2)..
Finally
wegive
two remarksconcerning
Theorem 1.Remark 1 . - We observe that the Haraux-Weissler self-similar solution
w(t) given
in(1.6)
satisfies - oc as t - oofor q
E[1, N(p - 1)/2).
This fact also leads to the unboundedness of K in X.Remark 2. - With
respect
to(iv)
of Theorem 1 we have thefollowing
result:
PROPOSITION. - Assume
( 1.1 )
andpEN.
Thenfor
any uo E c~K the setw(v(s ; uo))
c S consistsof only
oneelement,
i.e.w(v) _ ~ cp ~,
where pis an element
of
S.Outline
of the proof of Proposition. -
We willapply
the methodby
Simon[Si].
Let p Ew(v(s uo))
for uo E ~K. We will derivew(v)
_We set .= +
p) (see (2.1)
for the definition ofE)
andw(s)
:=v(s ; uo) -
p. Thenw(s)
satisfiesAnnales de l’lnstitut Henri Poincaré -
where we set
Let
HP : _ ~ f
EHP ; ~ f
EHp ~ .
The spaceHp
is a Hilbert space withN 1/2
the
norm
:=( |~2f/~yi~yj|22)
forf
EH;.
Sincep E N
andLPP (cf [Kavi,
Lemma2.1]),
themap M :
:L203C1
isanalytic.
We set L := We have
We define A :
with
D(A)
=H;.
We know(see [Kavi,
Lemma2.1])
that -A is apositive self-adjoint operator
withcompact
inverse. Since p EL°°,
there exists acomplete
ortho-normalsystem
forLp
which consists ofeigen-
functions of the
operator
L. We denoteby
n theorthogonal projection
ofLP
onto the(finite-dimensional) subspace {03C8
EHp ; L’lj;
=0}.
It followsthat the map £ :
H; -+ LP
definedby
is a one to one and onto map. We define
N : L~ by
Then,
isanalytic
with L.Therefore,
we obtain from the sameargumentation
as in[Si,
Section2]
that there are constants 8 E(0,1/2)
anda E
R+
such that if u EHp
with a thenLet
Iw(s)lp
a for s E~sl, s2]. Then, by (3.11)
and(3.17),
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14 T. KAWANAGO
It follows that
Since
M(0)
=0,
we canverify
that there exist constantsCj
ER+
(1 3)
such that for s, T > 0By (3.19), (3.20), (3.21)
and theassumption:
0 Ew(w(s)),
we obtain thatw ( s ) -~
0 inLP (and
also in as s - oo .Hence, w( v( s)) = {(/?}. N
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first version of this article was written while I was
staying
atLaboratoire
d’ Analyse Numerique,
L’ universite de Paris-Sud. I would like to express my sinceregratitude
to all members at the Laboratoire for their warmhospitality.
I am verygrateful
to Professor Hiroki Tanabe for his constantencouragement,
to Professor Takashi Suzuki forstimulating discussion,
to Professors YoshioYamada, Ryuji Kajikiya
andThierry
Cazenave for information on literature and to the referee for constructive comments. Remarks in Section 3 are due to the referee’s
suggestion.
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