%0 Journal Article %A Herrero, Miguel A. %A Ughi, M. %A Velázquez, J.J. L. %T Approaching a vertex in a shrinking domain under a nonlinear flow %D 2004 %@ 1021-9722 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50106 %X We consider here the homogeneous Dirichlet problem for the equation u(t)= uΔu - γ|∇u|(2) with γ ∈ R, u ≥ 0, in a noncylindrical domain in space-time given by |x| ≤ R(t) = (T - t)(p), with p > 0. By means of matched asymptotic expansion techniques we describe the asymptotics of the maximal solution approaching the vertex x = 0, t = T, in the three different cases p > 1/2, p = 1/2(vertex regular), p < 1/2 (vertex irregular). %~