Generalized solutions in the Egorov formulation of nonlinear diffusion equations and linear hyperbolic equations in the Colombeau algebra (Q1430975)

The purpose of the paper is the study of the existence and uniqueness of generalized solutions, in the framework of Colombeau's generalized functions, of the following Cauchy problems \[ \begin{aligned} &u_{t}=\Delta _{x}u+a\cdot \nabla _{x}f(u)+g(u),\quad 0<t<T,\;x\in \mathbb{R}^{d}, \\ &u| _{t=0}=u_{0}, \qquad x\in \mathbb{R}^{d}, \end{aligned}\tag{1} \] and \[ \begin{aligned} &u_{t}=a\cdot \nabla _{x}(b_{1}(t,x)u)+b_{2}(t,x)u,\quad -T<t<T,\;x\in \mathbb{R}^{d}, \\ &u| _{t=0}=u_{0},\qquad x\in \mathbb{R}^{d} . \end{aligned} \tag{2} \] These problems are formulated as difference partial differential equations in \textit{Yu. V. Egorov's} formulation [Russ. Math. Surv. 45, 1-49 (1990; Zbl 0754.46034)] with respect to the space variables \(x\). The solutions are shown to exist, respectively, in the Colombeau algebras \( \mathcal{G}_{s,g}[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}^{d}]\) and \(\mathcal{G} _{s,g}[-T,T]\times \mathbb{R}^{d}].\) The author also investigates when such generalized solutions are associated with classical solutions.