Parabolic limits of solutions of weakly coupled parabolic systems (Q788903)

Let be the weakly coupled parabolic system \[ L^ k(u)=\sum^{n}_{i,j=1}a^ k_{ij}(x,t)(\partial^ 2u^ k/\partial x_ i\partial x_ j)+\sum^{n}_{i=1}b_ i^ k(x,t)(\partial u^ k/\partial x_ i+ \tag{1} \] \[ +\sum^{N}_{d=1}c^ k_ d(x,t)u^ d- (\partial u^ k/\partial t)=0 \] \((k=1,2,...,N)\) in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\times [0,c]\), where \(0<c<\infty\) and \(u=(u^ 1,u^ 2,...,u^ N)\). Suppose (i) The coefficients and derivatives \(\partial a^ k_{ij}/\partial x^ i\), \(\partial^ 2a^ k_{ij}/\partial x_ i\partial x_ j\), \(\partial b^ k_ i/\partial x_ i\) are bounded and uniformly Hölder continuous on \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\times [0,c]\); \(a^ k_{ij}=a^ k_{ji}\quad (i,j=1,2,...,n\) and \(k=1,2,...,N)\). (ii) There exists a positive constant \(\lambda\) such that, for every \(\xi \in {\mathbb{R}}^ n\), \[ \sum^{n}_{i,j=1} a^ k_{ij}(x,t)\xi_ i \xi_ j \geq \lambda \|\xi\|^2 \quad(k=1,2,...,N) \] whenever \((x,t)\in{\mathbb{R}}^ n\times[0,c]\), where \(\|\xi\|\) denotes the Euclidean norm of \(\xi\). (iii) For every \((x,t)\in {\mathbb{R}}^ n\times [0,c]\) and \(d\neq k\), we have \(c^ d_ k(x,t)\geq 0\quad (d,k=1,2,...,N).\) Theorem. Let u be a solution of the system (1) on \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\times(0,c)\). Let E be a measurable subset of \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\), and suppose that, for each \(x\in E\), there is a parabolic cone with vertex x on which u is bounded. Then u has a parabolic limit at almost every point of E. Remark. The spirit of this paper goes back to the paper of \textit{A. P. Calderón} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 68, 47-54 (1950; Zbl 0035.189)] and the survey article of \textit{J. Chabrowski}, [J. Aust. Math. Soc. Ser. A 32, 246-288 (1982; Zbl 0512.35047)].