Global behavior of nonlocal in time reaction-diffusion equations

Abstract

The present paper considers the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for the time-nonlocal reaction-diffusion equation $$\partial_t (k\ast(u-u_0))+\mathcal{L}_x [u]=f(u),\,\,\,\, x\in\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n, t>0,$$ where $k\in L^1_{loc}(\mathbb{R}_+),$ $f$ is a locally Lipschitz function, $\mathcal{L}_x$ is a linear operator. This model arises when studying the processes of anomalous and ultraslow diffusions. Results regarding the local and global existence, decay estimates, and blow-up of solutions are obtained. The obtained results provide partial answers to some open questions posed by Gal and Varma (2020), as well as Luchko and Yamamoto (2016). Furthermore, possible quasi-linear extensions of the obtained results are discussed, and some open questions are presented.