Sharp non-explicit blow-up profile for perturbed nonlinear heat equations with gradient terms

Abstract

We consider a class of blow-up solutions for perturbed nonlinear heat equations involving gradient terms. We first prove the single point blow-up property for this equation and determine its final blow-up profile. We also give a sharper description of its blow-up behaviour, where we take as a profile some suitably chosen solution of the unperturbed semilinear heat equation. The proof relies on selfsimilar variables with involved arguments to control the gradient term.

44 pages, 2 figures