The Cauchy problem for heat equations with exponential nonlinearity (Q550026)

Consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear heat equation \(u_t-\Delta u=f(u)\), \(x\in{\mathbb R}^n\), \(t>0\), where \(f(u)\sim e^{u^2}\) for \(|u|\geq1\). The author shows the existence of a global solution provided the initial data are sufficiently small in the Orlicz space \(\exp\,L^2({\mathbb R}^n)\).