We study a singular perturbation problem for a quasilinear uniformly parabolic operator of interest in combustion theory. We obtain uniform estimates, we pass to the limit and we show that, under suitable assumptions, the limit function u is a solution to the free boundary problem divF(∇u)−∂tu=0 in {u>0}, uν=α(ν,M) on ∂{u>0}, in a pointwise sense and in a viscosity sense. Here ν is the inward unit spatial normal to the free boundary ∂{u>0} and M is a positive constant. Some of the results obtained are new even when the operator under consideration is linear.
@article{10_4171_ifb_197,
author = {Claudia Lederman and Dietmar Oelz},
title = {A quasilinear parabolic singular perturbation problem},
journal = {Interfaces and free boundaries},
pages = {447--482},
year = {2008},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
doi = {10.4171/ifb/197},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4171/ifb/197/}
}
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JO - Interfaces and free boundaries
PY - 2008
SP - 447
EP - 482
VL - 10
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UR - http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4171/ifb/197/
DO - 10.4171/ifb/197
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