Semilinear Venttsel’ Problems in Fractal Domains

Maria Rosaria Lancia; Paola Vernole

doi:10.4236/am.2014.512175

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Semilinear Venttsel’ Problems in Fractal Domains ()

Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l’Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy.

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Abstract

We study a semilinear parabolic problem with a semilinear dynamical boundary condition in an irregular domain with fractal boundary. Local existence, uniqueness and regularity results for the mild solution, are established via a semigroup approach. A sufficient condition on the initial datum for global existence is given.

Keywords

Energy Forms, Fractal Domains, Trace Theorems, Semigroups, Semilinear Parabolic Equations

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Lancia, M. and Vernole, P. (2014) Semilinear Venttsel’ Problems in Fractal Domains. Applied Mathematics, 5, 1820-1833. doi: 10.4236/am.2014.512175.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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