The equivalence of weak and very weak supersolutions to the porous medium equation (Q1633888)

The paper is focused on the porous medium equation \[ u_t-\Delta u^m=0,\text{ in }\Omega_T=\Omega\times (0,T),\leqno(1) \] in the degenerate case \(m>1\). Under suitable conditions, the authors prove the equivalence between the weak supersolutions, the very weak supersolutions and the \(m\)-superporous solutions (defined via a comparison principle) of equation (1), by using comparison principles and a Schwarz type alternating method.