# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

March  2012, 32(3): 847-865. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.847

## Global solutions for a semilinear heat equation in the exterior domain of a compact set

 1 Mathematical Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578 2 Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa, Fukushima 960-1269, Japan

Received  September 2010 Revised  February 2011 Published  October 2011

Let $u$ be a global in time solution of the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for a semilinear heat equation, $$\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \partial_t u=\Delta u+u^p,\quad & x\in\Omega,\,\, t>0,\\ u=0,\quad & x\in\partial\Omega,\,\,t>0,\\ u(x,0)=\phi(x)\ge 0,\quad & x\in\Omega, \end{array} \right.$$ where $\partial_t=\partial/\partial t$, $p>1+2/N$, $N\ge 3$, $\Omega$ is a smooth domain in ${\bf R}^N$, and $\phi\in L^\infty(\Omega)$. In this paper we give a sufficient condition for the solution $u$ to behave like $\|u(t)\|_{L^\infty({\bf R}^N)}=O(t^{-1/(p-1)})$ as $t\to\infty$, and give a classification of the large time behavior of the solution $u$.
Citation: Kazuhiro Ishige, Michinori Ishiwata. Global solutions for a semilinear heat equation in the exterior domain of a compact set. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems, 2012, 32 (3) : 847-865. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.847
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