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We study the qualitative behaviour of weak solutions to a doubly nonlinear cross-diffusion system in an inhomogeneous medium with nonlinear boundary flux. The analysis of a cross-diffusive p-Laplacian system weighted by a spatially varying density

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Why is it important?

The paper is important for both analysis and modelling. Analytically, cross-diffusion systems with degenerate p-Laplacian structure and spatial weights can lose uniform ellipticity and coercivity, making standard existence–blow-up arguments fragile. The authors construct self-similar weak solutions of Barenblatt type and use nonlinear separation of variables to produce a tractable reduction to a coupled ODE system that characterises admissible similarity profiles. This framework leads to explicit Fujita-type threshold criteria, distinguishing global solutions from finite-time blow-up, and thereby provides a clean, mechanism-level understanding of how parameters (diffusion exponents, weights/densities, and boundary nonlinearities) control qualitative behaviour.

Perspectives

This paper helps translate a complex physical picture—non-Newtonian-type diffusion, cross-interaction, and nonlinear boundary exchange in an inhomogeneous medium—into concrete qualitative predictions: when solutions remain global and when finite-time blow-up occurs, under clearly stated parameter conditions. The Barenblatt-type viewpoint is valid here because it bridges analysis and practice: similarity profiles can be used to validate simulations, guide nondimensionalization, and interpret experiments where boundaries drive or absorb mass/energy nonlinearly. A compelling continuation would be to pair these analytical thresholds with computational studies (e.g., robust schemes for degenerate p-Laplacian operators and nonlinear boundary flux) to map out regimes where theory and numerics align and where new phenomena (patterning, interface effects) might appear.

Mr. Makhmud Bobokandov
National University of Uzbekistan

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This page is a summary of: A Self-Similar Analysis of the Solutions to the Cross-Diffusion System, Mathematics, December 2025, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/math14010083.
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