Existence of solutions for degenerate quasilinear parabolic equations of higher order (Q4392004)

We deal with the existence of weak solutions of degenerate quasilinear parabolic initial boundary value problem \[ {\partial u\over\partial t}+ \sum_{|\alpha|\leq m}(-1)^{|\alpha|} D^\alpha A_\alpha(x,t,u, Du,\dots, D^mu)= f(x,t)\quad\text{in }Q, \] \[ u(x,0)= u_0(x)\quad\text{in }\Omega \] on the space \(X= L^p(0, T; V)\), where \(Q= \Omega\times (0,T)\), \(V= W^{m,p}_0(\nu, \Omega)\) which is a weighted Sobolev space. The degeneration is determined by a vector function \(\nu(x)= (\nu_\alpha(x))\), \(|\alpha|= m\), with positive components \(\nu_\alpha(x)\) in \(\Omega\) satisfying certain integrability assumptions.