Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

Abstract

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms a ( x ) | u | q − 1 u | ∇ u | p . We prove the existence of global solutions and self-similar solutions for small initial data. Moreover, for a class of initial data we show that the global solutions behave asymptotically like self-similar solutions as t → ∞ .