Blow-up rates for higher-order semilinear parabolic equations and systems and some Fujita-type theorems

In this paper, we derive blow-up rates for higher-order semilinear parabolic equations and systems. Our proof is by contradiction and uses a scaling argument. This procedure reduces the problems of blow-up rate to Fujita-type theorems. In addition, we also give some new Fujita-type theorems for higher-order semilinear parabolic equations and systems with the time variable on R. These results are not restricted to positive solutions. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.