Liouville theorems and Fujita exponent for nonlinear space fractional diffusions

Abstract

We consider non-negative solutions to the semilinear space-fractional diffusion problem $(\partial_t+(-Δ)^{α/2})u=ρ(x)u^p$ on whole space $R^n$ with nonnegative initial data and with $(-Δ)^{α/2}$ being the $α$-Laplacian operator, $α\in (0,2)$. Here $p>0$ and $ρ(x)$ is a non-negative locally integrable function. For $ρ(x)=1$ we show that the fujita exponent is $p_F=1+\fracα{n}$ and the Liouville type result for the stationary equation is true for $0<p\leq 1+\fracα{n-α}$. When $p=1/2$ and $ρ(x)$ satisfies an integrable condition, there is at least one positive solution. This existence result is proved after we establish a uniqueness result about solutions of fractional Poisson equation.

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