Abstract
We present a variational reformulation of a class of doubly nonlinear parabolic equations as (limits of) constrained convex minimization problems. In particular, an $\varepsilon$-dependent family of weighted energy-dissipation (WED) functionals on entire trajectories is introduced and proved to admit minimizers. These minimizers converge to solutions of the original doubly nonlinear equation as $\varepsilon \to 0$. The argument relies on the suitable dualization of the former analysis of [G. Akagi and U. Stefanelli, J. Funct. Anal., 260 (2011), pp. 2541--2578] and results in a considerable extension of the possible application range of the WED functional approach to nonlinear diffusion phenomena, including the Stefan problem and the porous media equation.
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