Decay of Nonnegative Solutions of Singular Parabolic Equations with KPZ-Nonlinearities

The Cauchy problem for quasilinear parabolic equations with KPZ-nonlinearities is considered. It is proved that the behavior of the solution as $t \to \infty $ can change substantially as compared with the homogeneous case if the equation involves zero-order terms. More specifically, the solution decays at infinity irrespective of the behavior of the initial function and the rate and character of this decay depend on the conditions imposed on the lower order coefficients of the equation.