Regularity and time behavior of the solutions to weak monotone parabolic equations

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper, we study the behavior in time of the solutions for a class of parabolic problems including the p-Laplacian equation and the heat equation. Either the case of singular or degenerate equations is considered. The initial datum $$u_0$$ u 0 is a summable function and a reaction term f is present in the problem. We prove that, despite the lack of regularity of $$u_0$$ u 0 , immediate regularization of the solutions appears for data f sufficiently regular and we derive estimates that for zero data f become the known decay estimates for these kinds of problems. Besides, even if f is not regular, we show that it is possible to describe the behavior in time of a suitable class of solutions. Finally, we establish some uniqueness results for the solutions of these evolution problems.