Special Session 41: Global and Blowup Solutions for Nonlinear Evolution Equations

Nonlinear stability of shock profiles to Burgers equation with critical fast diffusion and singularity
Jingyu Li
Northeast Normal University
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Xiaowen Li, Ming Mei, Jean-Christophe Nave
Abstract:
We are interested in the Burgers` equation featuring critical fast diffusion in form of $u_t+f(u)_x = (\ln u)_{xx}$. The solution possesses a strong singularity when $u=0$ hence bringing technical challenges. We investigate the asymptotic stability of viscous shocks, particularly those with shock profiles vanishing at the far field $x=+\infty$. To overcome the singularity, we introduce some weight functions and show the nonlinear stability of shock profiles through the weighted energy method.