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We consider the questions of existence, uniqueness and interface behaviour for nonnegative solutions of the Cauchy Problem where u 0 is a continuous and nonnegative function which can be unbounded on R, in the exponent range 1 <p<m.
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Kamin, S., Peletier, L.A., Vazquez, J.L. (1992). A Nonlinear Diffusion-Absorption Equation with Unbounded Initial Data. In: Lloyd, N.G., Ni, W.M., Peletier, L.A., Serrin, J. (eds) Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Their Equilibrium States, 3. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 7. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0393-3_18
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