Degenerate parabolic equation with critical exponent derived from the kinetic theory, I, generation of the weak solution

Abstract

We study a degenerate parabolic equation derived from the kinetic theory using Rényi-Tsallis entropy. If the exponent is critical, we have the threshold mass for the blowup of the solution and also the finiteness of type II blowup points. These results extend some facts on the Smoluchowski-Poisson equation associated with the Boltzmann entropy in two space dimensions and actually, we use mass quantization of the blowup family of stationary solutions for the proof. In this first paper, we show local in time existence of the weak solution.