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Tej-Eddine Ghoul

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arXiv2018

Blowup solutions for a reaction-diffusion system with exponential nonlinearities

We consider the following parabolic system whose nonlinearity has no gradient structure: $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \partial_t u = Δu + e^{pv}, \quad & \partial_t v = μΔv + e^{qu}, u(\cdot, 0) = u_0, \quad & v(\cdot, 0) = v_0, \end{array}\right. \quad p, q, μ> 0, $$ in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$. We show the existence of a stable blowup solution and obtain a complete description of its singularity formation. 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. In particular, our analysis uses neither the maximum principle nor the classical methods based on energy-type estimates which are not supported in this system. The stability is a consequence of the existence proof through a geometrical interpretation of the quantities of blowup parameters whose dimension is equal to the dimension of the finite dimensional problem.

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arXiv2017

On uniqueness for the Harmonic Map Heat Flow in supercritical dimensions

We examine the question of uniqueness for the equivariant reduction of the harmonic map heat flow in the energy supercritical dimension. It is shown that, generically, singular data can give rise to two distinct solutions which are both stable, and satisfy the local energy inequality. We also discuss how uniqueness can be retrieved.

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arXiv2017

On the stability of type II blowup for the 1-corotational energy supercritical harmonic heat flow

We consider the energy supercritical harmonic heat flow from $\mathbb{R}^d$ into the $d$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^d$ with $d \geq 7$. Under an additional assumption of 1-corotational symmetry, the problem reduces to the one dimensional semilinear heat equation $$\partial_t u = \partial^2_r u + \frac{(d-1)}{r}\partial_r u - \frac{(d-1)}{2r^2}\sin(2u).$$ We construct for this equation a family of $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}$ solutions which blow up in finite time via concentration of the universal profile $$u(r,t) \sim Q\left(\frac{r}{λ(t)}\right),$$ where $Q$ is the stationary solution of the equation and the speed is given by the quantized rates $$λ(t) \sim c_u(T-t)^\frac{\ell}γ, \quad \ell \in \mathbb{N}^*, \;\; 2\ell > γ= γ(d) \in (1,2].$$ The construction relies on two arguments: the reduction of the problem to a finite-dimensional one thanks to a robust universal energy method and modulation techniques developed by Merle, Raphaël and Rodnianski [Camb. Jour. Math, 3(4):439-617, 2015] for the energy supercritical nonlinear Schrödinger equation and by Raphaël and Schweyer [Anal. PDE, 7(8):1713-1805, 2014] for the energy critical harmonic heat flow, then we proceed by contradiction to solve the finite-dimensional problem and conclude using the Brouwer fixed point theorem. Moreover, our constructed solutions are in fact $(\ell - 1)$ codimension stable under perturbations of the initial data. As a consequence, the case $\ell = 1$ corresponds to a stable type II blowup regime.

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arXiv2016

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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arXiv2016

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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arXiv2016

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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arXiv2016

On the stability of the Bresse system with frictional damping

In this paper, we consider the Bresse system with frictional damping terms and prove some optimal decay results for the $L^2$-norm of the solution and its higher order derivatives. In fact, if we consider just one damping term acting on the second equation of the solution, we show that the solution does not decay at all. On the other hand, by considering one damping term alone acting on the third equation, we show that this damping term is strong enough to stabilize the whole system. In this case, we found a completely new stability number that depends on the parameters in the system. In addition, we prove the optimality of the results by using eigenvalues expansions. Our obtained results have been proved under some assumptions on the wave speeds of the three equations in the Bresse system.

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arXiv2016

Stability of infinite time blow up for the Patlak Keller Segel system

We consider the parabolic-elliptic Patlak-Keller-Segel (PKS) model of chemotactic aggregation in two space dimensions which describes the aggregation of bacteria under chemo-taxis. When the mass is equal to $8π$ and the second moment is finite (the doubly critical case), we give a precise description of the dynamic as time goes to infinity and extract the limiting profile and speed. The proof shows that this dynamic is stable under perturbations.

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