On regularity of weak solutions to linear parabolic systems with measurable coefficients (Q1633079)

The present work is concerned with local regularity of weak solutions to linear parabolic equations or systems in divergence form, \[ u_t-\mathrm{div}_xA(x,t)\nabla_xu=f+\mathrm{div}_xF,\quad (x,t)\in \Omega, \] where \(\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb R^n\), \(n\geq 1\) is an open parabolic cylinder, ellipticity is imposed in the sense of a weak Görding inequality, the weak solutions belong to the usual Lions class, i.e., \(u\) and \(\nabla_xu\) are locally square-integrable and for the coefficients is assumed to be measurable. Instead the local variational methods emerging from the Lions theory, the authors' proof technique is to use a global variational approach based on the following simple observation: It is possible to extend the local solution \(u\) via multiplication with a smooth cut-off to a global function \(v\) and study the corresponding inhomogeneous problem \[ v_t-\mathrm{div}_xA(x,t)\nabla_xv=\tilde{f}+\mathrm{div}_x\tilde{F},\quad (x,t)\in \mathbb R^{n+1}. \] Indeed, any local information of \(v\) carries over to \(u\), but the global setup with the real line describing the time allow the authors of to bring powerful tools such as singular integral operators and the Fourier transform.