On global solutions of heat equations with time-dependent nonlinearities on unimodular Lie groups

Abstract

In this work, we study the global well-posedeness of the heat equation with variable time-dependent nonlinearity of the form $\phi (t)f(u)$ on unimodular Lie groups when the differential operator arises as the sum of squares of Hörmander vector fields. For general unimodular Lie groups, we derive the necessary conditions for the nonexistence of global positive solutions. This gives different conditions in the cases of compact, polynomial, and exponential volume growth groups. In the case of the Heisenberg groups ${\mathbb{H}}^n$, we also derive sufficient conditions, which coincide with the necessary ones in the case of ${\mathbb{H}}^1$ (and this is also true for ${\mathbb{R}}^n$). In particular, in the case of the Heisenberg group ${\mathbb{H}}^1$ we obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the aforesaid initial value problem with variable nonlinearity has a global positive solution.

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