On the Fujita Phenomenon for a Forced Spatio-Temporal Fractional Diffusion Equation

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Main Authors: Belgacem, Rihab Ben, Majdoub, Mohamed
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author Belgacem, Rihab Ben
Majdoub, Mohamed
author_facet Belgacem, Rihab Ben
Majdoub, Mohamed
contents We investigate the Cauchy problem for a semilinear spatio--temporal fractional diffusion equation with a time-dependent forcing term: \[ \partial_t^αu + (-Δ)^{\mathsf{s}} u = |u|^p + t^σ\,\mathbf{w}(x), \quad (t,x) \in (0,\infty) \times \mathbb{R}^N, \] where $α,\mathsf{s}\in (0,1)$, $σ> -α$, and $\mathbf{w}$ is a given continuous function. Here $\partial_t^α$ denotes the Caputo fractional derivative. Our main results are threefold. First, we establish local-in-time existence of mild solutions and prove finite-time blow-up in the subcritical regime, under the positivity condition \[ \int\limits_{\mathbb{R}^N} \mathbf{w}(x)\,dx > 0. \] Second, in the supercritical case $-α< σ< 0$, we prove the global existence of solutions for sufficiently small initial data and forcing term, and we identify the corresponding critical exponent as \[ p_F=\frac{Nα-2\mathsf{s}σ}{Nα-2\mathsf{s}(α+σ)}. \] Finally, within this supercritical range, we obtain a more robust global existence result under weaker assumptions that require only local smallness and controlled growth of the data. To the best of our knowledge, a sharp Fujita-type threshold for fully spatio-temporal fractional diffusion equations with time-growing external forcing has not been previously established.
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spellingShingle On the Fujita Phenomenon for a Forced Spatio-Temporal Fractional Diffusion Equation
Belgacem, Rihab Ben
Majdoub, Mohamed
Analysis of PDEs
We investigate the Cauchy problem for a semilinear spatio--temporal fractional diffusion equation with a time-dependent forcing term: \[ \partial_t^αu + (-Δ)^{\mathsf{s}} u = |u|^p + t^σ\,\mathbf{w}(x), \quad (t,x) \in (0,\infty) \times \mathbb{R}^N, \] where $α,\mathsf{s}\in (0,1)$, $σ> -α$, and $\mathbf{w}$ is a given continuous function. Here $\partial_t^α$ denotes the Caputo fractional derivative. Our main results are threefold. First, we establish local-in-time existence of mild solutions and prove finite-time blow-up in the subcritical regime, under the positivity condition \[ \int\limits_{\mathbb{R}^N} \mathbf{w}(x)\,dx > 0. \] Second, in the supercritical case $-α< σ< 0$, we prove the global existence of solutions for sufficiently small initial data and forcing term, and we identify the corresponding critical exponent as \[ p_F=\frac{Nα-2\mathsf{s}σ}{Nα-2\mathsf{s}(α+σ)}. \] Finally, within this supercritical range, we obtain a more robust global existence result under weaker assumptions that require only local smallness and controlled growth of the data. To the best of our knowledge, a sharp Fujita-type threshold for fully spatio-temporal fractional diffusion equations with time-growing external forcing has not been previously established.
title On the Fujita Phenomenon for a Forced Spatio-Temporal Fractional Diffusion Equation
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19424