%0 Journal Article %A Herrero, Miguel A. %A Vázquez, Juan Luis %T The one-dimensional nonlinear heat-equation with absorption: regularity of solutions and interfaces %D 1987 %@ 0036-1410 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57789 %X We consider the equation ut=(Um)xx-λun with m>1, λ>0, n≥m as a model for heat diffusion with absorption. Hence we assume that u≥0 for xЄR, t≥0. We study the regularity of the solution to the Cauchy problem for this degenerate parabolic equation. When the initial datum uo(X)is positive only in a part of the space R, we also study the regularity of the free boundaries that appear. The asymptotic behavior of solutions and free boundaries is also discussed. %~