• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.58 no.5
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• pp.1109-1129
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• 2021

This paper considers an anisotropic polytropic infiltration equation with a source term $$u_t={\sum\limits_{i=1}^{N}}{\frac{{\partial}}{{\partial}x_i}}\(a_1(x){\mid}u{\mid}^{{\alpha}_i}{\mid}u_{x_i}{\mid}^{p_i-2}u_{x_i}\)+f(x,t,u)$$, where p_i > 1, α_i > 0, a_i(x) ≥ 0. The existence of weak solution is proved by parabolically regularized method. Based on local integrability $u_{x_i}{\in}W_{loc}^{1,p_i}(\Omega)$, the stability of weak solutions is proved without boundary value condition by the weak characteristic function method. One of the essential characteristics of an anisotropic equation different from an isotropic equation is found originally.