Local solvability of higher order semilinear parabolic equations (Q1207183)

In this paper is considered the parabolic equation \(u_ t = - Pu + f(t,x,d^ mu)\) in \(D^ T\) with initial-boundary conditions \(u(0,x) = u_ 0 (x)\) in \(G\) \(B_ 0u = B_ 1u = \cdots = B_{m - 1} u = 0\) on \(\partial G\), where \(Pu = \sum_{| \alpha |, | \beta | \leq m} ( - 1)^{| \beta |} D^ \beta (a_{\alpha, \beta} (x)D^ \alpha u)\), \(m > 1\), \(G \subset \mathbb{R}^ n\) is a bounded domain with sufficiently regular boundary \(\partial G\), \(D^ T = (0,T) \times G\). Under certain conditions the local in time solvability is proved. The key idea of the proof comes from the Peano theorem for ordinary differential equations. Local considerations are generalized (under stronger conditions) and making possible to prove global solvability of many problems too. This paper extends the results which were reported in \textit{T. Dlotko} [Hokkaido Math. J. 20, No. 3, 481-496 (1991; Zbl 0765.35025)] and \textit{T. Dlotko} [Tsukuba J. Math. 16, No. 2, 389-405 (1992; Zbl 0798.35078)].