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Nonlinear Parabolic Equations

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Partial Differential Equations III

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We begin this chapter with some general results on the existence and regularity of solutions to semilinear parabolic PDE, first treating the pure initial-value problem in §1, for PDE of the form

$$\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = Lu + F\left( {t,x,u,\nabla u} \right),u\left( 0 \right) = f,$$
((0.1))

, where u is defined on [0, T) × M, and M has no boundary. Some of the results established in §1 will be useful in the next chapter, on nonlinear, hyperbolic equations. We also give a precursor to results on the global existence of weak solutions, which will be examined further in Chapter 17, in the context of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids.

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Taylor, M.E. (1996). Nonlinear Parabolic Equations. In: Partial Differential Equations III. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 117. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4190-2_3

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