On parabolic problems generated by some symmetric functions of the eigenvalues of the Hessian (Q1345800)

The authors prove the existence of globally smooth solutions of the first initial-boundary value problem in a bounded domain \(Q_T = \Omega \times (0,T)\), \(\Omega \subset R^n\), for the equations \(- u_t + F_m (u_{xx}) = g\), where for each integer \(m\) between 1 and \(n\) \(F_m (u_{xx})\) denotes the \(m\)-th root of the sum of all the principal \(m\)-th order minors of the Hessian \(u_{xx}\). The results are an extension of those of \textit{L. Caffarelli}, \textit{L. Nirenberg} and \textit{J. Spruck} [Acta Math. 155, 261-301 (1985; Zbl 0654.35031)] and \textit{N. M. Ivochkina} [Math. USSR, Sb. 56, 403-415 (1987); translation from Mat. Sb., Nov. Ser. 128(170), No. 3, 403-415 (1985; Zbl 0609.35042)] for the corresponding elliptic problems. Other parabolic extensions of this work have been given by \textit{X.-J. Wang} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 43, No. 1, 25-54 (1994; Zbl 0805.35036)] and \textit{S. J. Reye} [Ph. D. Thesis, Australian National University, 1985].