We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ = λ * for the non-local porous medium equation ut = (u n )xx + λf (u)/ ( 1 −1 f (u)dx) 2 with Dirichlet boundary conditions and positive initial data. The function f satisfies: f (s), −f (s) > 0 for s ≥ 0 and s n−1 f (s) is integrable at infinity. Due to the conditions on f , there exists a critical value of parameter λ, say λ * , such that for λ > λ * the solution u = u(x, t; λ) blows up globally in finite time, while for λ ≥ λ * the corresponding steady-state problem does not have any solution. For 0 < λ < λ * there exists a unique steady-state solution w = w(x; λ) while u = u(x, t; λ) is global in time and converges to w as t → ∞. Here we show the global grow-up of critical solution u * = u(x, t; λ * ) (u * (x, t) → ∞, as t → ∞ for all x ∈ (−1, 1)).
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000). Primary 35K55; Secondary 35B05.