On Barenblatt–Zeldovich Intermediate Asymptotics

Abstract

The concept of intermediate asymptotics for the solution of an evolution equation with initial data and a related solution obtained without initial conditions was introduced by G.N. Barenblatt and Ya.B. Zeldovich in the context of extending the concept of strict determinism in statistical physics and quantum mechanics. Here, according to V.P. Maslov, to axiomatize the mathematical theory, we need to know the conditions satisfied by the initial data of the problem. We show that the correct solvability of a problem without initial conditions for fractional differential equations in a Banach space is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for intermediate asymptotics. Examples of intermediate asymptotics are given.