A numerical study of a degenerate diffusion equation driven by a Heaviside function. (English) Zbl 1524.49013
Summary: We analyze a nonlinear degenerate parabolic problem whose diffusion coefficient is the Heaviside function of the distance of the solution itself from a given target function. We show that this model behaves as an evolutive variational inequality having the target as an obstacle: under suitable hypotheses, starting from an initial state above the target the solution evolves in time towards an asymptotic solution, eventually getting in contact with part of the target itself.
We also study a finite difference approach to the solution of this problem, using the exact Heaviside function or a regular approximation of it, showing the results of some numerical tests.
We also study a finite difference approach to the solution of this problem, using the exact Heaviside function or a regular approximation of it, showing the results of some numerical tests.
MSC:
| 49J40 | Variational inequalities |
| 65K10 | Numerical optimization and variational techniques |
| 35K55 | Nonlinear parabolic equations |
| 35J20 | Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations |
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