Logarithmic wave equation involving variable-exponent
nonlinearities:Well-posedness and blow-up
ABITA RAHMOUNE
Department Of Technical sciences
Université Amar Telidji, Laghouat
Laboratory of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ALGERIA
.
Abstract: In this paper, we focus on a class of existence, uniqueness, and explosion in a nite time of
solving a logarithmic wave equation model with nonlinearities with variable exponents and nonlinear
source terms under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions.
utt u+|ut|m(.)2ut=|u|p(.)2uln |u|
We applied the Faedo-Galerkin method in combination with the Banach xed point theorem to determine
the existence and uniqueness of a local solution in time. Various inequality techniques were used under
appropriate conditions to obtain the blow-up of a solution. This type of equation is related to uid
dynamics, electrorheological uids, quantum mechanics theory, nuclear physics, optics, and geophysics.
Key-Words: Wave equations; Logarithmic nonlinearity; variable exponents spaces; Existence; Finite
time blow-up.
Received: October 3, 2022. Revised: November 7, 2022. Accepted: November 19, 2022. Published: December 12, 2022.
1 Introduction
In recent years, many authors have paid attention
to the study of nonlocal logarithmic dierential
equations. This is partly due to the wide use of
this species to model various phenomena such as
uid dynamics, electrorheological uids, nuclear
physics, optics, geophysics, quantum mechanics
theory. In this work we treat the following semi-
linear wave equation with logarithmic nonlinear
source term under homogeneous Dirichlet bound-
ary condition
utt u+|ut|m(.)2ut=|u|p(.)2uln |u|,
in
×(0,T)
u(x, t) = 0,
on
×(0, T )
u(x, 0) = u0(x), ut(x, 0) = u1(x),
in
,
(1.1)
In (1.1),
be a bounded domain in
Rn(n
1)
with a smooth boundary
,
for all
m(.),
p(.) : R
measurable functions satisfying
2q1q(x)q22n
n2, n 3,
2q1q(x)q2<, n 2,
(1.2)
with
q1:= ess inf
xq(x), q2:= ess sup
x
q(x)
and the logHölder continuity condition:
|q(x)q(y)| A
log |xy|,
for a.e.
x, y ,
with
0<|xy|< δ, A > 0, δ < 1
(1.3)
In case
m
,
p
are constants, local, global exis-
tence and long-time behavior have been consid-
ered by many authors. For example, the log-
arithmic nonlinearity term
|u|p2uln(|u|)
in the
absence of the damping term
|ut|m2ut
causes
an innite time blow -up of solutions with nega-
tive initial energy [4, 1, 11, 12], in contrast to the
power source term
|u|p2u
, which causes a nite
time blow-up of solutions [5, 6], it is known that
the damping term
|ut|m2ut
for any initial data
[7, 8, 13] ensures global existence. We also refer
to [9, 10] and its references for logarithmic nonlin-
earity problems. These semilinear wave equations
arise when studying various problems and can be
used as models for viscoelastic liquids, processes
of ltration through a porous medium and liq-
uids with temperature-dependent viscosity, ltra-
tion theory, etc. (see [36, 35]). We also refer to
[14, 15] and its references for other issues in this
direction.
In recent years, some partial dierential equa-
tions with logarithmic nonlinearity term have at-
tracted much attention due to their wide applica-
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tion in physics and other applied sciences, such
as heat conduction with two temperature sys-
tems [17], seepage of homogeneous uids through
a ssured rock [16], unidirectional propagation of
nonlinear, dispersive, long waves [17, 18], uid
ow in ssured porous media [19], two-phase ow
in porous media with dynamic capillary pressure
[20, 21] and the aggregation of populations [22].
Pseudo-parabolic equations can also be viewed as
Sobolev-type or Sobolev-Galpern-type equations,
see [23, 24] and many articles have been devoted
to the study of well-posedness and qualitative
properties of solutions to these partial dierential
equations with constant exponents. It is impor-
tant to point out that the calculation of blow-up
time and rate on nonlinear evolution equations is
an important topic (see [25, 26]), and such evalu-
ations be able conclusively characterize the blow-
up phenomenon. The terminology variable ex-
ponents comes from the fact that
m(.)
and
p(.)
are functions and not real numbers. This term
|ut|m(.)2ut |u|p(.)2uln |u|
is then a generaliza-
tion of
|ut|m2ut |u|p2u
, which corresponds to
m(.), p (.)>1
and
ln |u|
. In fact, (1.1) can be
cast as an extension of the variable case of the
second-order viscoelastic wave equation with vari-
able growth conditions
utt u+|ut|m(.)2ut=|u|p(.)2u,
in
×(0, T )
(1.4)
what one gets when
|ut|m(.)2ut |u|p(.)2uln |u|
considered. Equation (1.4) is a well-known model
for electrorheological uids [32] that occurs in the
treatment of uid dynamics. On the other hand,
results for the viscoelastic wave equation with log-
arithmic damping and variable growth conditions
are limited and rare, and the literature on these
equations is much less extensive, see [37, 39, 38].
The interest in the mathematical analysis of
partial dierential equations in recent years has
been driven by inhomogeneous dierential opera-
tors with variable exponents (see eg [29, 28, 27]).
The study of these systems is based on the use
of Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces with variable ex-
ponents. Note that the problems of dierential
equations with non-standard
p(x)
growth are an
unfamiliar and interesting topic. These are non-
linear theory of elasticity, electrorheological u-
ids, etc. These uids retain the motivating prop-
erty that their viscosity depends on the electric
eld in the uid. For general accounts of the
underlying physics see [31] and for the mathe-
matical visions see [30]. A number of papers on
problems in so-called rheological and electrorhe-
ological uids that indicate spaces with variable
exponents have recently been published by Dien-
ing and Ruzicka [32, 33]. The results of this work
were summarized in the books [32, 33]. Numerous
mathematical models in uid mechanics, elastic-
ity theory (recently in image processing), see eg
[34], etc. have been shown which are obviously re-
lated to the non-standard local growth problem.
In this article we consider (1.1) and establish a
local existence result. We also show that the so-
lution explodes in nite time
T
for suitable initial
dates.
2 Preliminaries
Let
p: [1,]
be a measurable function.
Lp(.)(Ω)
denotes the set of the real measurable
functions
u
on
such that
|λu (x)|p(x)dx <
for some
λ > 0
.
The variable-exponent space
Lp(.)(Ω)
equipped
with the Luxemburgtype norm
up(.)
=inf λ > 0
,
u(x)
λ
p(x)
dx1
,
is a Banach space. Throughout the paper, we use
.q
to indicate the
Lq
-norm for
1q+
.
H1
0(Ω)
is the closure of
C
0(Ω)
with respect to
the following norm:
uH1
0(Ω) =∥∇u2
2+u2
21
2.
It is known that for the elements of
H1
0(Ω)
the
Poincaré inequality holds,
u2C∥∇u2,
for all
uH1
0(Ω).
and an equivalent norm of
H1
0(Ω)
can be dened
by
uH1
0(Ω) =∥∇u2=
|∇u(x)|2dx1
2
.
Lemma 2.1 [28, 29]. If
p: [1,)
is a mea-
surable function and
2p1p(x)p2<2n
n2, n 3.
(2.1)
Then, the embedding
H1
0(Ω) Lp(.)(Ω)
is
continuous and compact.
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3 Existence of weak solutions
In this section we present the local existence and
uniqueness of solutions for the system (1.1). Our
proof method is based on Banach's xed point
theorem.
Theorem 3.1 Let
m(.)
, and
p(.)
satises (1.2),
(1.3), and in addition
p(.)
satisfy
2< p1p(x)p2<2n1
n2, n 3.
(3.1)
Then, for any given
(u0, u1)H1
0(Ω) ×L2(Ω)
it exists
T > 0
and a unique solution
u
of the
problem (1.1) on
(0, T )
such that
uC(0, T ), H1
0(Ω)C1(0, T ), L2(Ω)
(3.2)
Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T ))
,
utt L2(0, T ), H1(Ω)
.
To prove the main theorem we need the lo-
cal existence and uniqueness of the solution of a
related problem. Then, given
v
, consider the fol-
lowing initial boundary value problem:
utt u+|ut|m(.)2ut=v(x, t),
in
×(0, T ),
u(x, t) = 0,
on
×(0, T ),
u(x, 0) = u0(x), ut(x, 0) = u1(x),
in
,
(3.3)
where the exponent
m(.)
is a given measurable
function satisfying (1.2) and (1.3). We now have
the following existence result of the local solution
of the problem (3.3) for
vL2(Ω ×(0, T ))
, and
suitable initial value
(u0, u1)H1
0(Ω) ×L2(Ω)
,
which we created using the Galerkin method as
in [2], or in [3, Theorem 3.1, Chapter 1].
Lemma 3.2 Suppose that
m(.)
satises (1.2), and
(1.3). Then, for all
(u0, u1)H1
0(Ω) ×L2(Ω)
and
vL2(Ω ×(0, T ))
, there is a unique local
solution
u
of the problem (3.3),
uL(0, T ), H1
0(Ω),
utL(0, T ), L2(Ω)Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T ))
utt L2(0, T ), H1(Ω).
(3.4)
proof.
1. Uniqueness: If the problem (3.3) has two so-
lutions
u
and
v
. Then,
w=uv
must verify
wtt w+ut|ut|m(.)2vt|vt|m(.)2= 0,
in
×(0, T ),
w(x, t) = 0,
on
×(0, T ),
w(x, 0) = wt(x, 0) = 0,
in
.
Formally, multiplying by
ut
and integrate
over
×(0, t)
, gives
w2
t+|∇w|2
+2 t
0ut|ut|m(x)2vt|vt|m(x)2(ut
vt)dxds= 0.
By using the inequality
|a|m(x)2a | bm(x)2b.(ab)0
(3.5)
for all
a,bRn
and a.e
x
, we get
w2
t+|∇w|2= 0
which means that
w= 0
, since
w= 0
on
.
Therefore, the uniqueness follows.
2. Existence. Let
(vj)
j=1
be an orthonormal
basis of
H1
0(Ω)
, with
vj=λjvj
in
, vj= 0,
on
,
let determine the nite-dimensional subspace
Vk=span {v1, . . . , vk}
, without loss of gener-
ality we may take
vj2= 1
. We will con-
struct a convergent sequence
uk(x, t),
uk(x, t) =
k
j=1
akj (t)vj,
where
uk(x, t)
satisfy the system of linear dif-
ferential equations
uk
tt(x, t)vj(x)dx+uk(x, t)vj(x)dx
+uk
t(x, t)m(x)2uk
t(x, t)vj(x)dx=v(t)vj(x)dx
uk(x, 0) = uk
0, uk
t(x, 0) = uk
1j= 1.2. . . . . . k,
(3.6)
where
uk
0=
k
i=1
(u0, vi)vu0
in
H1
0(Ω),
uk
1=
k
i=1
(u1, vi)viu1
in
L2(Ω).
Note that (3.6) is a system of ordinary dif-
ferential equations for
akj (t).
The local exis-
tence of solutions of the system (3.6) is guar-
anteed by the Picard-Lindelof Theorem on
functional analysis concepts, which is known
to have a local solution in an interval
[0, Tk)
with
0< TkTmax <+
. The extension of
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the solution to the entire interval
[0,+)
is
a consequence of the following estimates.
Multiplying (3.6) by
a
kj (t)
and sum over
j
to
nd
1
2
d
dtuk
t(x, t)2dx+uk(x, t)2dx
+uk
t(x, t)m(x)dx=v(x, t)uk
t(x, t)dx
A simple integration on
(0, t)
yields
1
2uk
t(x, t)2dx+uk(x, t)2dx
+t
0uk
t(x, s)m(x)dxds
=1
2uk
12+uk
02dx
+t
0v(x, s)uk
t(x, s)dxds
1
2u2
1+|∇u0|2dx
+εt
0uk
t2dxds+cεT
0v2dxds
Cε+εsup(0,tk)uk
t(x, t)2dx,
t[0, tk)
(3.7)
Hence
1
2sup(0,tk)uk
t(x, t)2dx
+1
2sup(0,tk)uk(x, t)2dx
+tk
0uk
t(x, s)m(x)dxdsCε
+εsup(0,tk)uk
t(x, t)2dx
Taking
ε=1
4
, we arrive at
sup(0,tk)uk
t(x, t)2dx
+sup(0,tk)uk(x, t)2dx
+tk
0uk
t(x, s)m(x)dxdsC
Therefore, the solution can be prolonged to
[0, T )
and, besides, we have
uk
is a bounded sequence
in
L(0, T ), H1
0(Ω),
uk
t
is a bounded sequence in
L(0, T ), L2(Ω)Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )),
uk
tm(.)2uk
t
is a bounded sequence
in
L
m(.)
m(.)1(Ω ×(0, T )).
From DunfordPettis theorem, we can ex-
tract from
uk
a subsequence still denoted
by
(uk)
such that
uku
weakly
in
L(0, T ), H1
0(Ω),
(3.8)
uk
tut
weakly
in
L(0, T ), L2(Ω)
and weakly in
Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )),
(3.9)
uk
t
m(.)2uk
tψ
weakly
in
L
m(.)
m(.)1(Ω ×(0, T )).
(3.10)
Limits (3.8)(3.10) allow us to pass to the
limit in the approximate equation so that we
can deduce that
uC[0, T ], L2(Ω)
, and therefore
u(x, 0)
has a sense.
Now we show that
uC[0, T ], L2(Ω)
is
a solution to the system (3.3). First we
try to prove that
ψ=|ut|m(.)2ut,
for all
vL(0, T ), L2(Ω),
in (3.6), integrate
over
(0, t)
, and make
k
in the results,
we can derive for a.e
t[0, T ]
that
1
2
d
dt
utϕ+
(u.ϕ+ψϕ)dx=
vϕdx, ϕH1
0(Ω).
(3.11)
For simplicity let
A(ϕ) = |ϕ|m(x)2ϕ
and de-
ne (see [2, Proposition 2.5. ]),
Xk=t
0Auk
tA(ϕ)uk
tϕdt0,
ϕLm(.)(0, T ); H1
0(Ω)
So if we using (3.7) we get
Xk=t
0vuk
tdxds+12uk
12+uk
02dxds
1
2uk
t(x, t)2dx
1
2uk(x, t)2dxt
0Auk
tϕdxds
t
0A(ϕ)uk
tϕdxds
Taking
k
we get
0lim sup
k
Xkt
0
vutdxds
+1
2u2
1+|∇u0|2dxds1
2
|ut(t)|2dx
1
2
|∇u(x, t)|2dxt
0
ψϕdxds
t
0
A(ϕ) (utϕ)dxds.
(3.12)
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If we put
ϕ=ut
in (3.11) and integrate over
(0, T )
, we get
t
0vutdxds=1
2|ut(x, t)|2dxds
1
2u2
1dxds+1
2|∇u(x, t)|2dx
1
2|∇u0|2dx+t
0ψutdxds.
(3.13)
Combine (3.12) and (3.13) gives
0lim sup
k
Xkt
0
ψutdxds
t
0
ψϕdxdst
0
A(ϕ) (utϕ)dxds.
That is
t
0
(ψA(ϕ)) (utϕ)dxds0,
ϕLm(.)(0, T ); H1
0(Ω).
Consequently
t
0
(ψA(ϕ)) (utϕ)dxds0,
ϕLm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )),
by density of
H1
0(Ω)
in
Lm(.)(Ω)
.
Now, let
ϕ=λw +ut, w Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )).
Hence, we know
λt
0
(ψA(λw +ut)) wdxds0,
wLm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )),
for
λ > 0,
we have
t
0
(ψA(λw +ut)) wdxds0,
wLm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )).
If we take
λ0
and using the hemi-
continuity of
A
, we get
t
0
(ψA(ut)) wdxds0,
wLm(.)(Ω ×(0, T ))
(3.14)
Similarly we nd for
λ < 0
t
0
(ψA(ut)) wdxds0,
wLm(.)(Ω ×(0, T ))
(3.15)
From (3.14) and (3.15), for
k+
we get
ψ=A(ut)
and
uk
t
m(.)2uk
t |ut|m(.)2ut
weakly in
L
m(.)
m(.)1(Ω ×(0, T )).
Therefore, from the above result and (3.8)
(3.10), we deduce that there is
u
C[0, T ], L2(Ω)
that satises the following
equation
utt u+|ut|m(.)2utv, ϕ= 0
for all
ϕH1
0(Ω)
and the initial conditions
u(0) = u0, ut(0) = u1,
which completes the existence proof in
Lemma (3.2).
The following lemma crucial for the proof of
our main result
Lemma 3.3 For a.e
x
and
p(.)
that satisfy
(3.1), the function
F(s) = |s|p(x)2s(ln |s|)
is dif-
ferentiable and
|F(s)| (p21) |s|p(x)2|ln |s||
+|s|p(x)2
2(p21)
e((p12)k1)|s|k1+2(p21)
e(k2(p22)) |s|k2
+|s|p12+|s|p22, s = 0,
(3.16)
where
p12p22< k22
n2,
for
n3,
0< p12p22< k2,
for
n= 1,2,
(3.17)
and
0< k1< p12p222
n2,
for
n3,
0< k1< p12p22,
for
n= 1,2.
(3.18)
proof. Obviously we have for
k= 0
since
ln ζ
1
ek ζk
for every
ζ1
and
ln ζ 1
ek ζk
,
ζ < 1
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then for every
k > 0
|F(s)|=(p(x)1) |s|p(x)2(ln |s|) + |s|p(x)2
p21
ek |s|p1+k2+|s|p2+k2
+p21
ek |s|p1k2+|s|p2k2
+|s|p12+|s|p22
2p21
ek |s|p2+k2+ 2p21
ek |s|p1k2
+|s|p12+|s|p22
=2(p21)
e((p12)k1)|s|k1+2(p21)
e(k2(p22)) |s|k2
+|s|p12+|s|p22,
with
k1,
and
k2
are in (3.17)-(3.18).
Proof of Theorem (3.1).
1. Existence. Let
vL(0, T ), H1
0(Ω)\{0}
.
Then
|v|p(.)2vln |v|
2
2
|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
+
|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx
=
{xΩ:|v(t)|<1}
|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
+
{xΩ:|v(t)|<1}
|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx
+
{xΩ:|v(t)|≥1}
|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
+
{xΩ:|v(t)|≥1}
|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx.
Choosing
σ
such that
22 (p11) 2 (p21) < σ 2n
n2,
for
n3,
22 (p11) 2 (p21) < σ
,
for
n= 1,2,
and by
ln ζ1
es ζs
for any
ζ1, s > 0,
we
have
{xΩ:|v(t)|<1}
|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
+
{xΩ:|v(t)|≥1}
|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
||
e2+1
e22
σ+22p12
|v|σdx
||
e2+1
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p12∥∇vσ
2<,
(3.19)
similarly
{xΩ:|v(t)|<1}
|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx
+
{xΩ:|v(t)|≥1}
|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx
||
e2+1
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p22∥∇vσ
2<,
(3.20)
where
Cs
is the optimal constant of Sobolev
embedding
H1
0(Ω) Lσ(Ω)
. So, in this case.
|v|p(.)2vln |v| L(0, T ), L2(Ω)
L2(Ω ×(0, T ))
Thus for every
vL(0, T ), H1
0(Ω)\{0}
,
there is a unique
u
such that
uL(0, T ), H1
0(Ω),
utL(0, T ), L2(Ω)Lm(.)(Ω ×(0, T )),
(3.21)
solve the nonlinear problem
utt u+|ut|m(.)2ut=|v|p(.)2vln |v|,
in
×(0, T )
u(x, t) = 0,
on
×(0, T )
u(x, 0) = u0(x), ut(x, 0) = u1(x),
in
.
(3.22)
Let
R0
be a positive real number such that
R0=2|u1|2+|∇u0|2,
for a suciently small time
T > 0
we dene
the space
BT(R0)
by
BT(R0) =
v(t)L(0, T ), H1
0(Ω),
vt(t)L(0, T ), L2(Ω)),
|v(t)|2+|∇v(t)|2R2
0
on
[0, T ],
v(0) = v0, v(0) = u1.
We introduce the metric
d
on the space
BT(R0)
d(u, v) = sup
0tT|ut(t)vt(t)|2+|∇u(t) v(t)|2
for
u, v BT(R0).
Obviously the space
BT(R0)
is the complete
metric space. Let
vBT(R0)
. Then
|∇v(t)| R0
,
|v(t)| R0
for all
t[0, T ]
.
Dene the mapping
Φ
Φ (v) = u,
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where
u
satises (3.21) and (3.22). Then we
have
Φ (v) = uBT(R0)
for
vBT(R0),
(3.23)
Φ : BT(R0)BT(R0)
is a contractive mapping
.
(3.24)
For showing (3.23), multiply (3.22) by
ut
1
2
d
dt
u2
tdx+
|∇u|2dx+
|ut|m(x)dx
=
|v|p(x)2v(ln |v|)utdx
(3.25)
From Young's inequality, (3.19) and (3.20) for
all
ε > 0
the following estimates hold:
vp(x)2v(ln |v|)utdx
u2
tdx+1
4|v|2p(x)2(ln |v|)2dx
u2
tdx+1
4|v|2p22(ln |v|)2dx
+|v|2p12(ln |v|)2dx
u2
tdx
+1
42||
e2+1
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p12∥∇vσ
2
+1
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p22∥∇vσ
2.
So (3.25) becomes
d
dtut2
2+∥∇u2
2
1
e2||+2
e2Cσ
s2
σ+ 2 2p22
Rσ
0+ut2
2.
Thus, we have
ψv(u) (t)ψv(u) (0)
+t
01
e2||+2
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p22Rσ
0+ψv(u) (t)ds
1
2R2
0+β0t
0(1 + ψv(u) (t)) ds,
where
β0=max 1
e2||+2
e2Cσ
s2
σ+22p22Rσ
0,1
and
ψv(u) (t) = ut2
2+∥∇u2
2
.
By the Gronwall inequality and simple calcu-
lations we have
ut2
2+∥∇u2
21
2R2
0+β0T0eβ0T0< R2
0,0tT0,
for suciently small
0< T0T
. Thus (3.23)
is fullled.
Next we show (3.24). Let
w=u1u2
,
where
u1= Φ (v1), u2= Φ (v2)
with
v1,
v2BT(R0)
. Then we have
(wtt, v)(∆w, v)
+|u1t(t)|m(x)1u1t(t) |u2t(t)|m(x)1u2t(t), v
=|v1|p(x)2v1ln |v1|−|v2|p(x)2v2ln |v2|, v,
in
L20, T1;H1(Ω).
(3.26)
Now, set
βv(w) (t) = |wt(t)|2+|∇w(t)|2.
Multiplying (3.26) by
wt
and using (3.5) we
get
1
2
d
dt|wt(t)|2+|∇w(t)|2
|v1|p(x)2v1ln |v1|−|v2|p(x)2v2ln |v2|, wt.
Now we estimate
I=
|F(v1(s)) F(v2(s))| |wt|dx
=F(ξ)vwtdx,
where
v=v1v2
and
ξ=av1+(1a)v2,0a1.
By Holders, Youngs inequalities and Lemma
(3.3) we have
I2w2
tdx|F(ξ)|2|v|2dx
4w2
tdx2(p21)
e((p12)k1)2
|αv1+ (1 α)v2|2k1|v|2dx
+2(p21)
e(k2(p22)) 2|αv1+ (1 α)v2|2k2|v|2dx
+ 4 |αv1+ (1 α)v2|2(p12)|v|2dx
+4 |αv1+ (1 α)v2|2(p22)|v|2dx
cw2
tdx|v|2n
n2dxn2
n
|αv1+ (1 α)v2|k1n2
ndx
+|αv1+ (1 α)v2|nk22
ndx
+|αv1+ (1 α)v2|2(p12)dx
+|αv1+ (1 α)v2|2(p22)dx,
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If we recall (3.1) and (3.12) we come to
I2ccsw2
tdx∥∇v2
2∥∇v12k1
2+∥∇v12k2
2
+∥∇v22k1
2+∥∇v22k2
2
+∥∇v12(p12)
2+∥∇v12(p22)
2
+∥∇v22(p12)
2+∥∇v22(p22)
2
8ccsR2(k2+p22)
0d(v1, v2)βv1(w) (t),
where
c=c(e, p1, p2, k1, k2)
and
cs
the
Sobolev embedding
H1
0(Ω) L2n
n2(Ω)
.
If we combine, it follows
d
dtβv(w) (t)ξd(v1, v2)1
2βv(w) (t)1
2.
Since
βv(w) (0) = 0
, by the Gronwall lemma
d(u1, u2)ξ2T
4d(v1, v2)eT.
Choose a
0< T1T
small enough to satisfy
ξ2
4T1eT1<1.
Thus, according to Banach's contraction
mapping theorem, there exists a xed point
u= Φ(u)BT1(R0)
, which is a locally weak
solution in time to (1.1).
2. Uniqueness. Suppose we have two solutions
u
and
v
and set
w(s) = u1(s)u2(s), s [0, t]
0, s [t, T ],
then
wL20, T ;W1,p(.)
0(Ω),
wtL20, T ;H1
0(Ω)
and
w
fullled
1
2
w2
tdx+1
2
|∇w|2dx
t
0
(F(u)F(v)) wtdx
Consequently, the uniqueness results from the
local Lipschitz continuity of
F:RR
and
the embedding
H1
0(Ω) L2(Ω)
. This com-
pletes the proof of the theorem.
4 Blow-up of weak solutions
Finally, we give the sucient conditions for
m(.)
for inating weak solutions of the problem (1.1)
in nite time if
2< m1m(x)m2
< p1p(x)p2<2n1
n2, n 3,
(4.1)
holds, and
E(0) <0
, where
E(t) = 1
2|ut(x, t)|2+|∇u(x, t)|2dx
1
p(x)|u(x, t)|p(x)ln(|u(x, t)|)dx
+
1
p2(x)|u(x, t)|p(x)dx.
(4.2)
For our purpose we need to the following lemma
showing the decrease in energy
E.
Lemma 4.1 The energy associated with the prob-
lem (1.1) given by (4.2) satises the
dE(t)
dt=
|ut|m(x)dx0,
(4.3)
and the inequality
E(t)E(0)
holds, where
E(0) = 1
2|u1|2+|∇u0|2dx
1
p(x)|u0|p(x)ln(|u0|)dx
+
1
p2(x)|u0|p(x)dx.
(4.4)
Let
H(t) = E(t)
for
t0,
(4.5)
since
E(t)
is absolutely continuous, hence
H(t)
0
and
0< H(0) H(t)
1
p(x)|u(x, t)|p(x)ln(|u|)dx.
Lemma 4.2 Let the assumptions (2.1) be fullled
and let
u
be the solution of (1.1). Then,
|u|p(x)dx2
|u|p1dx:= up1
p1,2,
(4.6)
where
2={xΩ/|u(x, t)| 1}.
proof. Let
1={xΩ/|u(x, t)|<1},
so, we have
|u|p(x)dx=2|u|p(x)dx+1|u|p(x)dx
2|u|p1dx+1|u|p2dx
2|u|p1dx:= up1
p1,2.
Thus (4.6).
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Lemma 4.3 Under the assumptions of Theorem
(3.1), the function
H(t)
presented above yields
the following estimates:
0< H(0) H(t)||
p1e+Bs
(sp2)ep1
∥∇us
2, t 0,
(4.7)
where
s
is chosen suciently small such that
p1p2< s 2n
n2,
for
n3,
(4.8)
p1p2< s <
for
n= 1,2,
and
Bs
is a positive constant of embedding
H1
0(Ω)
in
Ls(Ω)
such that
usBs∥∇u2,uH1
0(Ω).
(4.9)
proof. By Lemma (4.1),
H(t)
is nondecreasing in
t
. Thus
H(t)H(0) = E(0) >0, t 0.
(4.10)
Combining (4.2), (4.3), (4.5) and using the fact
that
ln ζ1
ζσ
for any
σ > 0
we have
0< H (t)<1
p1|u(x, t)|p(x)ln(|u(x, t)|)dx
=1
p1{xΩ:|u(x)|<1}|u(x, t)|p(x)1(|u(x, t)|
(ln(|u(x, t)|))) dx
+1
p1{xΩ:|u(x)|≥1}|u(x, t)|p(x)ln(|u(x, t)|)dx
||
p1e+1
σep1
{xΩ:|u(x)|≥1}
|u|p2+σdx
||
p1e+1
σep1up2+σ
p2+σ
||
p1e+Bs
(sp2)ep1∥∇us
2,
(4.11)
and (4.7) follows.
Theorem 4.4 Suppose the conditions of Theorem
(3.1) are satised. Moreover, let (4.1) hold as well
as
E(0) <0
. Then the solution of problem (1.1)
given by Theorem (3.1) blows up in nite time.
proof. for each
t
in
[0, T )
let dene
L(t) := H1α(t) + ε
u(x, t)ut(x, t)dx,
(4.12)
with
ε > 0
is small enough to be chosen later and
α
such that
0< α min p12
2p1
,p1m2
p1(m21),
2 (p1m1)
s(m11) p1
,2 (p1m1)
s(m21) p1.
(4.13)
A straightforward derivation of (4.12) using Eq.
(1.1), we obtain
L(t) = (1 α)Hα(t)H(t)
+εu2
t |∇u|2
+ε
|u|p(x)(ln |u|)ε
|ut|m(x)2uut
(4.14)
On the right-hand side of (4.14) by adding and
subtracting
ε(1η)p1H(t)
with
0< η < p12
p1,
we
obtain
L(t) = (1 α)Hα(t)H(t) + ε(1 η)p1H(t)
+η|u|p(x)(ln |u|)dx
+ε(1η)p1
2+ 1ut2
2+ε(1η)p1
21∥∇u2
2
εuut|ut|m(x)2dx,
(4.15)
Due to the fact that (4.6), taking into account
1
p2
2
|u(x, t)|p(x)dx < 1
p1
|u|p(x)(ln |u|)dx,
(4.15) result in
L(t)(1 α)Hα(t)H(t)ε|ut|m(x)2uutdx
+εβ H(t) + ut2
2+∥∇u2
2+|u(x, t)|p(x)dx
(1 α)Hα(t)H(t)ε|ut|m(x)2uutdx
+εβ H(t) + ut2
2+∥∇u2
2+up1
p1,2,
(4.16)
where
β=min (1 η)p1,p1
p2
2
η, (1 η)p1
2+ 1
,(1 η)p1
21>0.
Now, using Young's inequality, we estimate the
last term in (4.14) in the manner shown below
|ut|m(x)1|u|dx1
m1
ζm(x)|u|m(x)dx
+m21
m2
ζm(x)
m(x)1|ut|m(x)dx, ζ > 0.
(4.17)
Consequently, by taking
δ
such that
ζm(x)
m(x)1=kHα(t), k > 0,
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By putting it in (4.17) with
k
large enough to be
determined later, we obtain
|ut|m(x)1|u|dx
1
m1
k1m(x)|u|m(x)Hα(m(x)1)(t)dx
+(m21) k
m2
Hα(t)H(t).
(4.18)
The result of joining (4.16) with (4.18)
L(t)(1 α)εm21
m2kHα(t)H(t)
+εβ H(t) + ut2
2+∥∇u2
2+u(t)p1
p1
εk1m1
m1Hα(m21)(t)|u|m(x)dx.
(4.19)
Applying lemma (4.3) we have
Hα(m21)(t)|u(t)|m(x)dx
C2α(m21)1||
p1eα(m21)
+2α(m21)11
(sp2)ep1∥∇u(m21)
2
um1
p1,2+um2
p1,2
2α(m21)1C||
p1eα(m21)
×up1
p1,2m1
p1+up1
p1,2m2
p1
+2α(m21)1C1
(sp2)ep1∥∇u(m21)
2
×um1
p1,2+um2
p1,2.
(4.20)
We are to analyze the terms on the right-hand
side of (4.20). By using Young's inequality, we
have
∥∇u(m21)
2um1
p1,2m1
p1u(t)p1
p1,2
+Cp1m1
p1∥∇u
(m21)p1
p1m1
2
=m1
p1u(t)p1
p1,2
+Cp1m1
p1∥∇u2
2(m21)p1
2(p1m1),
similarly
∥∇u(m21)
2u(t)m2
p1,2m2
p1
u(t)p1
p1,2
+Cp1m2
p1∥∇u2
2(m21)p1
2(p1m2).
Using the following well-known algebraic inequal-
ity:
zτz+1 1 + 1
d(z+d),z0,0< τ 1, d 0,
(4.21)
with
z=u(t)p1
p1,2, a = 1 + 1
H(0) , d =H(0)
and
τ=m1
p1τ=m2
p1
, respectively, then the condi-
tion (4.1) implies that
0< τ 1
and therefore
u(t)p1
p1,2m1
p1+u(t)p1
p1,2m2
p1
2au(t)p1
p1,2+H(0)2au(t)p1
p1,2+H(t),
similarly, with
z=∥∇u2
2, b = 1+ 1
H(0) , d =H(0)
and
τ=(m21)p1
2(p1m1)
, then the condition (4.13) im-
plies that
0< τ 1
and therefore
∥∇u2
2(m21)p1
2(p1m1)
b∥∇u2
2+H(0)b∥∇u2
2+H(t),
also, with
z=∥∇u2
2, h = 1 + 1
H(0) , d =H(0)
and
τ=(m21)p1
2(p1m2),
∥∇u2
2(m21)p1
2(p1m2)h∥∇u2
2+H(t),
therefore, (4.20) leads to
Hα(m21)(t)
|u(t)|m(x)dx
Cu(t)p1
p1,2+H(t) + ∥∇u2
2,t[0, T ].
(4.22)
where
C
to indicate a generic positive constant
depending on
(Ω, e, h, p1,2, m1,2)
only. Combining
(4.19) and (4.22) yields
L(t)(1 α)εm21
m2kHα(t)H(t)
+εβk1m1
m1C
×H(t) + ut2
2+∥∇u2
2+u(t)p1
p1,2.
(4.23)
At this point we pick
γ=βk1m1
m1C > 0
, (it is
the case when
k > βm1
C1
1m1
).
Once
k
is xed we pick
ε > 0
sucient small
so that
(1 α)εm21
m2k0
and
L(0) = H1α(0) + ε
u0(x)u1(x)dx > 0.
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Hence (4.23) takes the form
L(t)γH(t) + ut2
2+∥∇u2
2+u(t)p1
p1,2.
(4.24)
Therefore, we have
L(t)L(0) >0
, for all
t0
On the other hand from (4.12),
L1
1α(t)21/(1α)H(t) +
uut(x, t)dx
1
1α,
(4.25)
By applying Holder's inequality we see that
uut(x, t)dxCup1ut22Cup1,2ut2.
Again, algebraic inequality (4.21), with
z=
up1
p1,2, h = 1 + 1
H(0) , d =H(0)
and
0< τ =
2
(12α)p11
(see (4.13)), gives
up1
p1,22
(12α)p1Cup1
p1,2+H(t),
Thus, Young's inequality gives
uut(x, t)dx1/(1α)
Cu
2(1α)
12α
p1,2+ut2(1α)
21/(1α)
Cup1
p1,22
(12α)p1+ut2
2
Cup1
p1,2+H(t) + ut2
2,
for all
t0,
joining it with (4.24) and (4.25) yields
L(t)δL 1
1α(t),
for all
t0,
(4.26)
where
δ
is a positive constant depending on
(ε, γ, C)
. With a simple integration of (4.26) over
(0, t)
we infer that
Lα
1α(t)1
Lα
1α(0) α
1αδt.
(4.27)
Consequently,
L(t)
blows up in a nite time
T
T1α
δαL α
1α(0).
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