Abstract
We study parabolic equation with the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity by the direct method of moving planes. We first prove several important theorems, such as asymptotic maximum principle, asymptotic narrow region principle and asymptotic strong maximum principle for antisymmetric functions, which are critical factors in the process of moving planes. Then, we further derive some properties of asymptotic radial solution to parabolic equation with the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity in a unit ball. These consequences can be applied to investigate more nonlinear nonlocal parabolic equations.
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1 Introduction
In recent years, fractional parabolic equations have captured more and more scholars’ attention. In [1], Li and Chen presented some parabolic systems, which are extensively used in the simulation of elementary chemical reactions. In [2], Wang and Chen proved some Hopf’s lemmas and provide several examples concerning the application of Hopf’s lemmas in deriving the properties of solutions for the following parabolic equations:
here \(0<s<1\) and \(2\le p<\infty \). In [3], Chen, Wu and Wang considered fractional parabolic equations with indefinite nonlinearities and proved the nonexistence of its solution. In [4], Polá\(\check{c}\)ik and Quittner introduced indefinite parabolic problem with the regular Laplacian as follows,
where \(x=(x_{1},x_{2},\cdot \cdot \cdot ,x_{N})\in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\), \(t\in {\mathbb {R}}\), a is nondecreasing continuous function, and they received the nonexistence of bounded positive solutions of the above equation. In [5], in view of nonlocal parabolic problems, Chen, Wang and Niu developed the asymptotic method of moving planes and applied it on bounded or unbounded domains. More details can be seen in [6, 7].
To the best of authors’ knowledge, not much is known about parabolic equation with the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity. Here, we mainly focus on the following equation:
where \(a,p>0\) and the tempered fractional Laplacian operator is defined as
where \(\beta \in (0,2)\), \(\lambda \) is a sufficient small positive constant and \(C_{n,\beta ,\lambda }=\frac{\Gamma (\frac{n}{2})}{2\pi ^{\frac{n}{2}}\mid \Gamma (-\beta )\mid }\). P.V. presents the Cauchy principle value and \(\Gamma (t)=\int ^{\infty }_{0}s^{t-1}e^{-s}ds\) is the Gamma function. Moreover, let \(z\in C_{loc}^{1,1}\bigcap {\mathcal {L}}_{2s}\), \({\mathcal {L}}_{2s}=\{z(\cdot ,t)\in L^{1}_{loc}(R^{n})\mid \int _{R^{n}}\frac{\mid z(x,t)\mid }{1+\mid x\mid ^{n+\beta }}dx< +\infty \}\).
The fractional Laplacian \(\Delta ^{\frac{2}{\beta }}\) is the generator of the \(\beta \)-stable L\(\acute{e}\)vy process, in which the second and all higher order moments diverge. It sometimes is referred to as a shortcoming when applied to physical processes. So a parameter \(\lambda \) is introduced to temper the temper L\(\acute{e}\)vy process. The tempered L\(\acute{e}\)vy flight has finite second moment, which solves the problem about the divergence of second moment of the jump length of the L\(\acute{e}\)vy flight. For a short time, the tempered L\(\acute{e}\)vy flight exhibits the dynamics of the L\(\acute{e}\)vy flight, while after a sufficiently long time it turns to normal diffusion. Moreover, the tempered fractional Laplacian equation governs the probability function of position of the particles and some works on the tempered fractional Laplacian have been done by scholars. For example, in [8], Zhang, Deng and Karniadakis established numerical methods in the Riesz basis Galerkin framework with respect to the tempered fractional Laplacian. In [9], Zhang, Hou, Ahmad and Wang studied the Choquard equation involving a generalized nonlinear tempered fractional p-Laplacian. In [10], considering the two-dimensional tempered fractional Laplacian \((\Delta +\lambda )^{\frac{\beta }{2}}\), Sun, Nie and Deng derived the finite difference discretization and applied it to work out the tempered fractional Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Moreover, they also derived the error estimates. In addition, more results on tempered fractional Laplacian operator can be found in [11, 12, 23].
The nonlocal property of the fractional Laplacian operator creates some difficulties to study it. To overcome this difficulty, an extension method was introduced by Caffarelli and Slivestre [13], which converts the nonlocal problem into a high-dimensional local one. It has been used by many authors (see [14] and the references therein). In addition, the method of moving planes in integral forms also has been widely used to study the nonlocal problems. However, some nonlocal operators cannot be solved by the above method. In [15], Chen, Li and Li put forward a novel approach: a direct method of moving planes method, which is a new idea to solve the fractional Laplacian problems. In [16], Wang and Ren employed the direct method of moving planes method to devote to a nonlinear Schr\(\ddot{o}\)dinger equation with the fractional Laplacian and Hardy potential. In addition, the radial symmetry result of standing waves have been established. In [17], Zhang and Nie studied two nonlinear equations by the direct method of moving planes concerning Logarithmic Laplacian. Numerous results can be seen in [18]–[21].
In this article, we study parabolic equation involving the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity with the aid of the direct method of moving planes. A great diversity of elliptic equations involving fractional Laplacian operator have been studied by many authors. Here, we make a new attempt to study parabolic equation with the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity to obtain asymptotic symmetry and monotonicity of its radial solution. We believe that the basic theory of such nonlinear temporary parallel problems established in this article will provide theoretical support for many mathematical models coming from the real world and will also help the development of numerical solutions of this type of problems.
2 Results
Before proving important theorems, we first define
being the moving planes and
being the region to the left of \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\).
Also,
is the reflection of x about \(T _{\alpha }\). Meanwhile, we denote
From the above notation, \(M _{\alpha }(x,t)\) is antisymmetric about \(T _{\alpha }\), a.e.,
In order to state properties of solutions to parabolic equation, we need to define the \(\rho \)-limit set of z :
It follows from [22] that \(\rho (z)\subset C _{0}({\mathbb {R}}^{n})\) and \(\rho (z)\) is compact. Moreover, it satisfies
where \(C _{0}({\mathbb {R}}^{n})\) is the class of all continuous functions which vanishes to zero at infinity, relative to the supremum norm defined finely. For each \(\psi (x)\in \rho (z)\), we define an \(\rho \)-limit of \(\psi _{\alpha }(x)\) as follows:
For this part, we state important theorems as follows. The three theorems are asymptotic narrow region principle (Lemma 2.1), asymptotic maximum principle (Lemma 2.2) and asymptotic strong maximum principle (Lemma 2.3) concerning antisymmetric functions, respectively.
Lemma 2.1
Suppose that \(\Lambda \) is a region in \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\), which is contained in
for q small. Moreover, \(M_{\alpha }(x,t)\in (C_{loc}^{1,1}(\Lambda )\cap {\mathcal {L}}_{2s})\times C ^{1}([{\bar{t}},\infty ))\) is lower semi-continuous and uniformly bounded with respect to x on \({\overline{\Lambda }}\), where \({\bar{t}}\) is large enough, and
where \(\xi (x,t)\) falls in between \(z_{\alpha }(x,t)\) and z(x, t).
Case 1: when \(\Lambda \) is bounded narrow region, for q being small enough , then
Case 2: when \(\Lambda \) is unbounded region, if
Then, (2.2) still holds.
Proof
Case 1: let m be a constant. Set
then \(\hat{M }_{\alpha }(x,t)\) satisfies
Nevertheless, proving (2.2) is equivalent to prove the following (2.5),
Suppose that (2.5) is not false, under the condition that \(M _{\alpha }\) on \({\overline{\Lambda }}\times [{\bar{t}},T]\) is lower semi-continuous, there is \((x^{'},t^{'})\in \Lambda \times ({\bar{t}},T]\), then
then we have
and
Here, we suppose
in consequence
Hence, by (2.4), we obtain
We choose small enough q such that in (2.9),
which contradicts (2.7).
Since \(M _{\alpha }\) is bounded, by the definition of boundedness, we have \(m_{2}>0\) and for \((x,t)\in \Lambda \times [{\bar{t}},T),\forall ~ T>{\bar{t}}\)
As a result,
Taking the limit as \(t\rightarrow \infty \), we get
Case 2: While \(\Lambda \) is unbounded domain, we know that the minimum value point of \(\widehat{M }_\alpha (x,t)\) can be obtained by assuming condition (2.3). Then, a final conclusion is reached through a process equivalent to Case 1.
This completes the proof. \(\square \)
Lemma 2.2
Suppose that \(\Lambda \subset \Sigma _{\alpha }\) is bounded and \(N(x,t)\in (C_{loc}^{1,1}(\Lambda )\cap {\mathcal {L}}_{2s})\times C ^{1}([0,\infty ))\) is lower semi-continuous with respect to x on \({\overline{\Lambda }}\), if
where \(\xi (x,t)\) falls in between \(z_{\alpha }(x,t)\) and z(x, t), then for \((x,t)\in \Lambda \times [0,T],~\forall ~T>0\),
Proof
Set
then \({{\hat{N}}}(x,t)\) satisfies
We assert that
Suppose it is violated, in view of the continuity of N(x, t), we can obtain that there is \((x^{'},t^{'})\in \Lambda \times (0,T]\), then
We choose \(m<0\) such that
then
However,
and
This yields a contradiction with (2.12). Therefore,
\(\square \)
Lemma 2.3
Suppose that \(M_{\alpha }(x,t)\in (C _{loc}^{1,1}(\Lambda )\cap {\mathcal {L}}_{2s})\times C ^{1}([{\bar{t}},\infty ))\) is bounded, where \({\bar{t}}\) is large enough, and
where \(\xi (x,t)\) falls in between \(z_{\alpha }(x,t)\) and z(x, t). Assume that \(\Psi _{\alpha }\) is greater than 0 somewhere in \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\).
Then \(\Psi _{\alpha }(x)\) is greater than 0 in \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\).
Proof
For every \(\psi \in \rho (z)\), notice that the definition of \(\rho (z)\), we infer that there exists \(t_{k}\) and \(t_{k}\rightarrow \infty \), \(M _{\alpha }(x,t_{k})\rightarrow \Psi _{\alpha }(x)\). Let
It follows that
with \(\xi _{k}(x,t)=\xi (x,t+t_{k}-1)\). In view of standard parabolic regularity estimates [22], leads to
where \((x,t)\in \Sigma _{\alpha }\times [0,2]\) and \(M _{\infty }(x,t)\) is H\(\ddot{o}\)lder continuous with respect to x and t.
Let \(t=1\), we have
Choose \(m>0\), then
Let
By \(\varliminf \limits _{t\rightarrow \infty }{} M _{\alpha }(x,t)\ge 0\), we get
Base on above, we can see that
Considering the assumption that \(\Psi _{\alpha }\) is greater than 0 somewhere in \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\), through continuity, we derive that there is a set \(E\subset \subset \Sigma _{\alpha }\), then
here \(m_{3}\) is a constant.
Because \(M _{\infty }(x,t)\) is continuous, by the definition of continuity, we have \(0<\varepsilon _{0}<1\), then
To simplify, we transform \(E\times [1-\varepsilon _{0},1+\varepsilon _{0}]\) into \(E\times [0,2]\). For \((x,t)\in E\times [0,2]\), we attain
Considering arbitrary \({\hat{x}}\in \Sigma _{\alpha }\backslash E\), define \(\gamma =min\{dist({\hat{x}},E),dist({\hat{x}},T_{\alpha })\}\), thus \(B_{\gamma }({\hat{x}})\subset \Sigma _{\alpha }\backslash E\).
Then, we set up a lower solution in \(B_{\gamma }({\hat{x}})\times [0,2]\). Let
with
Observing that \(h({\hat{x}})=\gamma ^{2s}\), \(h({\hat{x}}^{\alpha })=-h({\hat{x}})\). In the meantime,
where \(m_{5}\) is an invariable.
Considering \((x,t)\in B_{\gamma }({\hat{x}})\times [0,2]\), we deduce
where \(m_{6}>0\). In the light of (2.17) with (2.18), then
Next, take \(\varepsilon >0\) small enough, we have
Let \(N(x,t)=\widehat{M }(x,t)-\overline{M }(x,t)\), by (2.14) and (2.19), we can get
Also,
and
As a result, by Theorem 2.2, we have
which means
Let \(t=1\), thus \(\tau (t)=1\). So
In view of \(h({\hat{x}})=\gamma ^{2s}\), we can get
Since \(\tilde{x}\) is arbitrary in \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\backslash E\), by (2.15) and (2.20), we obtain
The proof is completed. \(\square \)
3 Example
In this section, we will apply above theorems to study the properties of asymptotic radial solution for the parabolic problem in \(B_{1}(0)\) by using the direct moving planes.
Lemma 3.1
Let \(z(x,t)\in (C_{loc}^{1,1}(B_{1}(0))\cap C(\overline{B_{1}(0)}))\times \ C^{1}((0,\infty ))\) be a positive uniformly bounded solution of the following equation
where \(a>0\). Then two conclusions can be derived as follows:
- \((H_{1})\):
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\(\psi (x)=0\).
- \((H_{2})\):
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\(\psi (x)\) is necessarily radical symmetric. Moreover, it is strictly decreasing with respect to the origin.
Proof
Choose arbitrary direction from the origin as the positive direction of \(x_{1}\), the following \(T_{\alpha }\), \(\Sigma _{\alpha }\), \(x^{\alpha }\), \(z_{\alpha }\), \(M _{\alpha }\), \(\psi \), \(\Psi _{\alpha }\) have be introduced in Section 2. Set
By (3.1), we can get
where \(\xi (x,t)\) falls in between \(z_{\alpha }(x,t)\) and z(x, t).
For case \((H_{1})\), given that \(\psi (x)=0\), the above conclusion can be derived easily. So here we consider case \((H_{2})\), that is \(\psi \ne 0\) in \(B_{1}(0)\). The proof of the above theorem can be accomplished by two steps.
Step 1. We prove the following inequality,
Since when \((x,t)\in B^{c}_{1}(0)\times (0,\infty )\), \(z(x,t)=0\), consequently
Together with (3.2), we use Theorem 2.1 to derive (3.3).
Step 2. On account of (3.3), we will move the plane \(T_{\alpha }\) as long as the inequality holds. Let
then we explain
If not, in view of (3.4), then
We Firstly show that for every \(\psi \in \rho (z)\), there is \(x^{1}\in \Sigma _{\alpha _{0}}\), then
If (3.5) is not true, in case that there is \({\bar{\psi }}\in \rho (z)\),
Otherwise, \(z(x,t)=0\), \((x,t)\in B^{c}_{1}(0)\times (0,\infty )\). As a result, \({\bar{\psi }}(x)\equiv 0\) in \(B^{c}_{1}(0)\cap \Sigma _{\alpha _{0}}\). Morewhile, by continuity there is \(x^{0}\in B_{1}(0)\), then \({\bar{\psi }}(x^{0})=0\).
For above \({\bar{\psi }}\), we know that there is \(t_{k}\) and it satisfies \(t_{k}\rightarrow \infty \), \(z(x,t_{k})\rightarrow {\bar{\psi }}(x)\). Then in view of [22], we have
and \(z_{\infty }(x,1)={\bar{\psi }}(x)\). Observing that \(z_{\infty }(x,t)\ge 0\), we get \(\frac{\partial z_{\infty }(x^{0},1)}{\partial t}\le 0\) and
Since \({\bar{\psi }}\ne 0\) in \(B_{1}(0)\), there ensures \(z_{\infty }(y,1)\ne 0\). Therefore, \(az_{\infty }(x^{0},1)\ln \mid z_{\infty }(x^{0},1)+1\mid ^{2}<0\). This is a contradiction. So (3.5) is established.
Now taking account of Theorem 2.3, it is clear that for every \(\psi \in \rho (z)\),
It follows that for any \(\delta >0\), there is a general constant \(m_{7}\), then
Because \(\Psi _{\alpha }\) is continuous, we deduce that \(\varepsilon >0\), satisfies
which implies
For \(\delta ,\varepsilon >0\) being small enough, it is clear that for \(\alpha \in (\alpha _{0},\alpha _{0}+\varepsilon )\), \(\Lambda _{\alpha }\backslash \Lambda _{\alpha _{0}-\delta }\) is a narrow region. Then taking account of Theorem 2.1, one can get
Together with (3.8), then
which yields a contradiction. Consequently, \(\alpha _{0}=0\). Thus,
or
Because the direct of \(x_{1}\) is arbitrary, we derive the radial symmetry of \(\psi (x)\).
The monotone property follows from
which is similar to the process of (3.6). \(\square \)
4 Conclusion
In this paper, we deal with parabolic equation with the tempered fractional Laplacian and logarithmic nonlinearity. First, we prove asymptotic maximum principle, asymptotic narrow region principle and asymptotic strong maximum principle for antisymmetric functions. Then, we prove some properties of parabolic equation in a unit ball.
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The research of Wang has been partially supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China(No. 20210302123339), the research of Nieto has been partially supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) of Spain under Grant PID2020-113275GB-I00, cofinanced by the European Community fund FEDER, as well as Xunta de Galicia grant ED431C 2019/02 for Competitive Reference Research Groups (2019-22) and the research of Zhang has been partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 12001344).
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Wang, G., Liu, Y., Nieto, J.J. et al. Asymptotic Radial Solution of Parabolic Tempered Fractional Laplacian Problem. Bull. Malays. Math. Sci. Soc. 46, 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40840-022-01394-x
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Keywords
- Fractional parabolic equation
- Logarithmic nonlinearity
- Asymptotic maximum principle
- Tempered fractional Laplacian
- Asymptotic symmetry and monotonicity