Degenerate diffusion with a drift potential: A viscosity solutionsapproach
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
- Vol. 27 (2) , 767-786
Abstract
We introduce a notion of viscosity solutions for a nonlinear degenerate diffusion equation with a drift potential. We show that our notion of solutions coincide with the weak solutions defined via integration by parts. As an application of the viscosity solutions theory, we show that the free boundary uniformly converges to the equilibrium as $t$ grows. In the case of a convex potential, an exponential rate of free boundary convergence is obtained.