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# Singular backward self-similar solutions of a semilinear parabolic equation

• We consider a parabolic partial differential equation with power nonlinearity. Our concern is the existence of a singular solution whose singularity becomes anomalous in finite time. First we study the structure of singular radial solutions for an equation derived by backward self-similar variables. Using this, we obtain a singular backward self-similar solution whose singularity becomes stronger or weaker than that of a singular steady state.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K55; Secondary: 35B33.

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