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\textit{L. Caffarelli, L. Nirenberg} and \textit{J. Spruck} [Acta Math. 155, 261-301 (1985; Zbl 0654.35031)] proved the classical solvability of the Dirichlet problem \[ F(D^2u) = \psi(x) \quad\text{in}\quad \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n, \qquad u = \phi \quad\text{on}\quad \partial\Omega, \] where \(F(D^2u)\) is given by a suitable symmetric function of the eigenvalues of the Hessian \(D^2u\). Since then several authors have obtained parabolic analogues of this result. These results differ mainly in the choice of the parabolic equation that is considered. The equation \[ -u_t + F(D^2u) = g \] in a bounded cylindrical domain \(Q=\Omega\times (0,T)\) with \(F(D^2u) = F_m(D^2u)^{1/m}\)was considered by \textit{N. Ivochkina} and \textit{O. Ladyzhenskaya} [Topol. Methods Nonlinear Anal. 4, 19-29 (1994; Zbl 0826.35058)], and with \(F(D^2u) = \log F_m(D^2u)\) by \textit{X.-J. Wang} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 43, 25-54 (1994; Zbl 0805.35036)], where for each integer \(m\) between \(1\) and \(n\), \(F_m(D^2u)\) denotes the \(m\)-th elementary symmetric function of the eigenvalues of \(D^2u\). Here the authors consider another variation. They prove the classical solvability of the first initial-boundary problem in \(Q=\Omega\times (0,T)\) for the equation \[ -u_t F(D^2u) = g(x,t) > 0 \quad\text{in}\quad Q \] under suitable assumptions on \(F\). This variant is motivated in part by the work of \textit{N. V. Krylov} [Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Ser. Mat. 46, 487-523 (1982; Zbl 0511.35002)] who considered the special case \(F(D^2u)=\det D^2u\). General parabolic Hessian equations on noncylindical domains have been studied by \textit{S. J. Reye} [Fully Nonlinear Parabolic Differential Equations of Second Order, Ph.D. Thesis, Australian National University (1985)].