Existence and uniqueness of solutions to semilinear nonlocal parabolic equations (Q2367740)

The author establishes existence and uniqueness of mild solutions for a class of second order parabolic problems of the form \[ u_ t + Au = f(u) \qquad \text{on } \Omega \times (0,T) \] \[ u | \partial \Omega \equiv 0,\quad \partial \Omega \times (0,T),\qquad u(x,0) = \psi (x) - g(t_ 1, \dots, t_ k,u), \qquad x \in \Omega, \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\), \(k \in \mathbb{N}\) and \(f\) and \(g\) are nonlinear operators allowing for nonlocal terms. E.g., \(g = g(T,u) : = - u(T, \cdot)\), \(\psi \equiv 0\) correspond to in time \(T\)-periodic solutions of the boundary value problem, and \(f\) may stand for a Volterra integral term. The proof makes use of the contraction mapping principle and analytic semigroups.