Extinction for a Singular Diffusion Equation with Strong Gradient Absorption Revisited

When {2N/(N+1)<p<2} and {0<q<p/2}, non-negative solutions to the singular diffusion equation with gradient absorption\partial_{t}u-\Delta_{p}u+|\nabla u|^{q}=0\quad\text{in }(0,\infty)\times% \mathbb{R}^{N}vanish after a finite time. This phenomenon is usually referred to as finite-time extinction and takes place provided the initial condition {u_{0}} decays sufficiently rapidly as {|x|\to\infty}. On the one hand, the optimal decay of {u_{0}} at infinity guaranteeing the occurrence of finite-time extinction is identified. On the other hand, assuming further that {p-1<q<p/2}, optimal extinction rates near the extinction time are derived.