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Some qualitative properties of solutions of a generalised diffusion equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

C. Atkinson  and
J. E. Bouillet
C. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London and Universidad National de Salta, Argentina
J. E. Bouillet
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London and Universidad National de Salta, Argentina
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Atkinson and Peletier (2,3) have considered similarity solutions of the differential equation

where the function k(s) is defined, real and continuous for s ≥ 0 and k(s) > 0 if s > 0 (in (2) k(0) = 0 is also assumed). In particular they look for similarity solutions of the form u(x, t) = f(η) where η = x(t+l)−½ with boundary conditions f(0) = A and . They show that if k(s) satisfies the condition

then for any A > 0 there is a unique similarity solution which is non-negative and has compact support in [0, ∞). They also show in (2) that

is a necessary condition for the solution to have compact support. In (3) they prove existence of similarity solutions when

and show that in this case the similarity solution has the property that f(η) > 0 for all η > 0.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , November 1979 , pp. 495 - 510
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1979

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