Simultaneous and non-simultaneous blow-up for a cross-coupled parabolic system

This paper deals with a parabolic system, cross-coupled via a nonlinear source and a nonlinear boundary flux.We get a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of non-simultaneous blow-up. In particular, four different simultaneous blow-up rates are obtained in different regions of parameters, described by an introduced characteristic algebraic system. It is observed that different initial data may result in different simultaneous blow-up rates even in the same region of parameters. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved