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arxiv: 1708.05842 · v1 · pith:U2RKIKNNnew · submitted 2017-08-19 · 🧮 math.AP

Singular limit of the porous medium equation with a drift

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We study the "stiff pressure limit" of a nonlinear drift-diffusion equation, where the density is constrained to stay below the maximal value one. The challenge lies in the presence of a drift and the consequent lack of monotonicity in time. In the limit a Hele-Shaw-type free boundary problem emerges, which describes the evolution of the congested zone where density equals one. We discuss pointwise convergence of the densities as well as the $BV$ regularity of the limiting free boundary.

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