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Hatem Zaag

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A modulation technique for the blow-up profile of the vector-valued semilinear wave equation

We consider a vector-valued blow-up solution with values in $\mathbb{R}^m$ for the semilinear wave equation with power nonlinearity in one space dimension (this is a system of PDEs). We first characterize all the solutions of the associated stationary problem as an m-parameter family. Then, we show that the solution in self-similar variables approaches some particular stationary one in the energy norm, in the non-characteristic cases. Our analysis is not just a simple adaptation of the already handled real or complex case. In particular, there is a new structure of the set a stationary solutions.

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Blowup solutions for a nonlinear heat equation involving a critical power nonlinear gradient term

We consider the following exponential reaction-diffusion equation involving a nonlinear gradient term: $$\partial_t U = ΔU + α|\nabla U|^2 + e^U,\quad (x, t)\in\mathbb{R}^N\times[0,T), \quad α> -1.$$ We construct for this equation a solution which blows up in finite time $T > 0$ and satisfies some prescribed asymptotic behavior. We also show that the constructed solution and its gradient blow up in finite time $T$ simultaneously at the origin, and find precisely a description of its final blowup profile. It happens that the quadratic gradient term is critical in some senses, resulting in the change of the final blowup profile in comparison with the case $α= 0$. The proof of the construction inspired by the method of Merle and Zaag in 1997, relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, and uses the index theory to conclude. One of the major difficulties arising in the proof is that outside the \textit{blowup region}, the spectrum of the linearized operator around the profile can never be made negative. Truly new ideas are needed to achieve the control of the outer part of the solution. Thanks to a geometrical interpretation of the parameters of the finite dimensional problem in terms of the blowup time and the blowup point, we obtain the stability of the constructed solution with respect to perturbations of the initial data.

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Refined regularity of the blow-up set linked to refined asymptotic behavior for the semilinear heat equation

We consider $u(x,t)$, a solution of $\partial_tu = Δu + |u|^{p-1}u$ which blows up at some time $T > 0$, where $u:\mathbb{R}^N \times[0,T) \to \mathbb{R}$, $p > 1$ and $(N-2)p < N+2$. Define $S \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ to be the blow-up set of $u$, that is the set of all blow-up points. Under suitable nondegeneracy conditions, we show that if $S$ contains a $(N-\ell)$-dimensional continuum for some $\ell \in \{1,\dots, N-1\}$, then $S$ is in fact a $\mathcal{C}^2$ manifold. The crucial step is to derive a refined asymptotic behavior of $u$ near blow-up. In order to obtain such a refined behavior, we have to abandon the explicit profile function as a first order approximation and take a non-explicit function as a first order description of the singular behavior. This way we escape logarithmic scales of the variable $(T-t)$ and reach significant small terms in the polynomial order $(T-t)^μ$ for some $μ> 0$. The refined asymptotic behavior yields geometric constraints of the blow-up set, leading to more regularity on $S$.

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Construction and stability of blowup solutions for a non-variational semilinear parabolic system

We consider the following parabolic system whose nonlinearity has no gradient structure: $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \partial_t u = Δu + |v|^{p-1}v, \quad & \partial_t v = μΔv + |u|^{q - 1}u,\\ u(\cdot, 0) = u_0, \quad & v(\cdot, 0) = v_0, \end{array}\right. $$ in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$, where $p, q > 1$ and $μ> 0$. We show the existence of initial data such that the corresponding solution to this system blows up in finite time $T(u_0, v_0)$ simultaneously in $u$ and $v$ only at one blowup point $a$, according to the following asymptotic dynamics: $$\left\{\begin{array}{c} u(x,t)\sim Γ\left[(T-t) \left(1 + \dfrac{b|x-a|^2}{(T-t)|\log (T-t)|}\right)\right]^{-\frac{(p + 1)}{pq - 1}},\\ v(x,t)\sim γ\left[(T-t) \left(1 + \dfrac{b|x-a|^2}{(T-t)|\log (T-t)|}\right)\right]^{-\frac{(q + 1)}{pq - 1}}, \end{array}\right.$$ with $b = b(p,q,μ) > 0$ and $(Γ, γ) = (Γ(p,q), γ(p,q))$. The construction relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one and a topological argument based on the index theory to conclude. Two major difficulties arise in the proof: the linearized operator around the profile is not self-adjoint even in the case $μ= 1$; and the fact that the case $μ\ne 1$ breaks any symmetry in the problem. In the last section, through a geometrical interpretation of quantities of blowup parameters whose dimension is equal to the dimension of the finite dimensional problem, we are able to show the stability of these blowup behaviors with respect to perturbations in initial data.

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Existence and stability of a blow-up solution with a new prescribed behavior for a heat equation with a critical nonlinear gradient term

We consider the semilinear heat equation, to which we add a nonlinear gradient term, with a critical power. We construct a solution which blows up in finite time. We also give a sharp description of its blow-up profile. The proof relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, and uses the index theory to conclude. Thanks to the interpretation of the parameters of the finite-dimensional problem in terms of the blow-up time and point, we also show the stability of the constructed solution with respect to initial data. This note presents the results and the main arguments. For the details, we refer to our paper \cite{TZ15}.

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Blow-up rate for a semilinear wave equation with exponential nonlinearity in one space dimension

We consider in this paper blow-up solutions of the semilinear wave equation in one space dimension, with an exponential source term. Assuming that initial data are in $H^{1}_{loc}\times L^2_{loc}$ or some times in $ W^{1,\infty}\times L^{\infty}$, we derive the blow-up rate near a non-characteristic point in the smaller space, and give some bounds near other points. Our result generalize those proved by Godin under high regularity assumptions on initial data.

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Finite degrees of freedom for the refined blow-up profile of the semilinear heat equation

We refine the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the semilinear heat equation with Sobolev subcritical power nonlinearity which blow up in some finite time at a blow-up point where the (supposed to be generic) profile holds. In order to obtain this refinement, we have to abandon the explicit profile function as a first order approximation, and take a non explicit function as a first order description of the singular behavior. This non explicit function is in fact a special solution which we construct, obeying some refined prescribed behavior. The construction relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one and the use of a topological argument based on index theory to conclude. Surprisingly, the new non explicit profiles which we construct make a family with finite degrees of freedom, namely $\frac{(N+1)N}{2}$ if $N$ is the dimension of the space.

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Construction of a stable periodic solution to a semilinear heat equation with a prescribed profile

We construct a periodic solution to the semilinear heat equation with power nonlinearity, in one space dimension, which blows up in finite time $T$ only at one blow-up point. We also give a sharp description of its blow-up profile. The proof relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one and the use of index theory to conclude. Thanks to the geometrical interpretation of the finite-dimensional parameters in terms of the blow-up time and blow-up point, we derive the stability of the constructed solution with respect to initial data.

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Existence of a Stable Blow-up profile for the nonlinear heat equation with a critical power nonlinear gradient term

We consider the nonlinear heat equation with a nonlinear gradient term: $\partial_t u =Δu+μ|\nabla u|^q+|u|^{p-1}u,\; μ>0,\; q=2p/(p+1),\; p>3,\; t\in (0,T),\; x\in \R^N.$ We construct a solution which blows up in finite time $T>0.$ We also give a sharp description of its blow-up profile and show that it is stable with respect to perturbations in initial data. The proof relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, and uses the index theory to conclude. The blow-up profile does not scale as $(T-t)^{1/2}|\log(T-t)|^{1/2},$ like in the standard nonlinear heat equation, i.e. $μ=0,$ but as $(T-t)^{1/2}|\log(T-t)|^β$ with $β=(p+1)/[2(p-1)]>1/2.$ We also show that $u$ and $\nabla u$ blow up simultaneously and at a single point, and give the final profile. In particular, the final profile is more singular than the case of the standard nonlinear heat equation.

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Blow-up results for a strongly perturbed semilinear heat equation: Theoretical analysis and numerical method

We consider a blow-up solution for a strongly perturbed semilinear heat equation with Sobolev subcritical power nonlinearity. Working in the framework of similarity variables, we find a Lyapunov functional for the problem. Using this Lyapunov functional, we derive the blow-up rate and the blow-up limit of the solution. We also classify all asymptotic behaviors of the solution at the singularity and give precisely blow-up profiles corresponding to these behaviors. Finally, we attain the blow-up profile numerically, thanks to a new mesh-refinement algorithm inspired by the rescaling method of Berger and Kohn in 1988. Note that our method is applicable to more general equations, in particular those with no scaling invariance.

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Profile for a simultaneously blowing up solution for a complex valued semilinear heat equation

We construct a solution to a complex nonlinear heat equation which blows up in finite time $T$ only at one blow-up point. We also give a sharp description of its blow-up profile. The proof relies on the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one and the use of index theory to conclude. We note that the real and imaginary parts of the constructed solution blow up simultaneously.

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Dynamics near explicit stationary solutions in similarity variables for solutions of a semilinear wave equation in higher dimensions

This is the first of two papers devoted to the study of the properties of the blow-up surface for the $N$ dimensional semilinear wave equation with subconformal power nonlinearity. In a series of papers, we have clarified the situation in one space dimension. Our goal here is to extend some of the properties to higher dimension. In dimension one, an essential tool was to study the dynamics of the solution in similarity variables, near the set of non-zero equilibria, which are obtained by a Lorentz transform of the space-independent solution. As a matter of fact, the main part of this paper is to study similar objects in higher dimensions. More precisely, near that set of equilibria, we show that solutions are either non-global, or go to zero, or converge to some explicit equilibrium. We also show that the first case cannot occur in the characteristic case, and that only the third possibility occurs in the non-characteristic case, thanks to the non-degeneracy of the blow-up limit, another new result in our paper. As a by-product of our techniques, we obtain the stability of the zero solution.

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On the stability of the notion of non-characteristic point and blow-up profile for semilinear wave equations

We consider a blow-up solution for the semilinear wave equation in $N$ dimensions, with subconformal power nonlinearity. Introducing $\RR_0$ the set of non-characteristic points with the Lorentz transform of the space-independent solution as asymptotic profile, we show that $\RR_0$ is open and that the blow-up surface is of class $C^1$ on $\RR_0$. Then, we show the stability of $\RR_0$ with respect to initial data.

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Blow-up results for semilinear wave equations in the super-conformal case

We consider the semilinear wave equation in higher dimensions with power nonlinearity in the super-conformal range, and its perturbations with lower order terms, including the Klein-Gordon equation. We improve the upper bounds on blow-up solutions previously obtained by Killip, Stovall and Vişan [6]. Our proof uses the similarity variables' setting. We consider the equation in that setting as a perturbation of the conformal case, and we handle the extra terms thanks to the ideas we already developed in [5] for perturbations of the pure power case with lower order terms.

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Construction of a multi-soliton blow-up solution to the semilinear wave equation in one space dimension

We consider the semilinear wave equation with power nonlinearity in one space dimension. Given a blow-up solution with a characteristic point, we refine the blow-up behavior first derived by Merle and Zaag. We also refine the geometry of the blow-up set near a characteristic point, and show that except may be for one exceptional situation, it is never symmetric with the respect to the characteristic point. Then, we show that all blow-up modalities predicted by those authors do occur. More precisely, given any integer $k\ge 2$ and $ζ_0 \in \m R$, we construct a blow-up solution with a characteristic point $a$, such that the asymptotic behavior of the solution near $(a,T(a))$ shows a decoupled sum of $k$ solitons with alternate signs, whose centers (in the hyperbolic geometry) have $ζ_0$ as a center of mass, for all times.

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Construction and stability of a blow up solution for a nonlinear heat equation with a gradient term

We consider a nonlinear heat equation with a gradient term. We construct a blow-up solution for this equation with a prescribed blow-up profile. For that, we translate the question in selfsimilar variables and reduce the problem to a finite dimensional one. We then solve the finite dimensional problem using index theory. The interpretation of the finite dimensional parameters allows us to derive the stability of the constructed solution with respect to initial data.

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