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On continuous branches of very singular similarity solutions of a stable thin film equation. I – The Cauchy problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J. D. EVANS  and
V. A. GALAKTIONOV
J. D. EVANS
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK email: masjde@maths.bath.ac.uk, vag@maths.bath.ac.uk
V. A. GALAKTIONOV
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK email: masjde@maths.bath.ac.uk, vag@maths.bath.ac.uk
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Abstract

We consider the fourth-order thin film equation, with a stable second-order diffusion term. For the first critical exponent, where N ≥ 1 is the space dimension, the Cauchy problem is shown to admit countable continuous branches of source-type self-similar very singular solutions of the form These solutions are inherently oscillatory in nature and will be shown in Part II to be the limit of appropriate free-boundary problem solutions. For p ≠ p0, the set of very singular solutions is shown to be finite and to be consisting of a countable family of branches (in the parameter p) of similarity profiles that originate at a sequence of critical exponents {pl, l ≥ 0}. At p = pl, these branches appear via a non-linear bifurcation mechanism from a countable set of similarity solutions of the second kind of the pure thin film equation Such solutions are detected by the ‘Hermitian spectral theory’, which allows an analytical n-branching approach. As such, a continuous path as n → 0+ can be constructed from the eigenfunctions of the linear rescaled operator for n = 0, i.e. for the bi-harmonic equation ut = −Δ2u. Numerics are used, wherever appropriate, to support the analysis.

Keywords

Stable thin film equationCauchy problemGlobal similarity solutionsAsymptotic behaviourBranchingBifurcationsHermitian spectral theory
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2011 , pp. 217 - 243
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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