Singular limit of the generalized Burgers equation with absorption

Abstract

We prove the convergence of the solutions $u_{m,p}$ of the equation $u_t+(u^m)_x=-u^p$ in $\R\times (0,\infty)$, $u(x,0)=u_0(x)\ge 0$ in $\R$, as $m\to\infty$ for any $p>1$ and $u_0\in L^1(\R)\cap L^{\infty}(\R)$ or as $p\to\infty$ for any $m>1$ and $u_0\in L^{\infty}(\R)$ . We also show that in general $\underset{p\to\infty}\lim\underset{m\to\infty}\lim u_{m,p}\ne\underset{m\to\infty}\lim\underset{p\to\infty}\lim u_{m,p}$.