 Porous medium equation (source code)

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= Porous medium equation
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The porous medium equation $u_t=\Delta(u^m)$ with $m>1$ is a <nonlinear partial differential equation> whose diffusivity vanishes at $u=0$. Unlike the <heat equation>, it has compactly supported solutions with finite propagation speed.

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