A supersolution approach to doubly degenerate parabolic equations with weights

Abstract

We consider the Cauchy problem in the Euclidean space for a doubly degenerate parabolic equation with a space-dependent exponential weight, where the exponent satisfies the doubling condition. In particular, both the so called logconvex and logconcave cases may be considered. Under the additional natural assumptions we construct supersolutions and subsolutions allowing us to control the precise sharp temporal decay bounds. We apply our results also to an equation with inhomogeneous density, via a suitable variable transformation.