The balance between diffusion and absorption in semilinear parabolic equations

Let h : [0,∞) 7→ [0,∞) be continuous and nondecreasing, h(t) > 0 if t > 0, and m,q be positive real numbers. We investigate the behavior when k → ∞ of the fundamental solutions u = uk of ∂tu − ∆u m + h(t)u = 0 in Ω × (0, T ) satisfying uk(x, 0) = kδ0. The main question is wether the limit is still a solution of the above equation with an isolated singularity at (0, 0), or a solution of the associated ordinary differential equation u+h(t)u = 0 which blows-up at t = 0. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35K60.