Qualitative properties of solutions to semilinear heat equations (Q1082539)

The author reviews some new results for the equation \[ u_ t-\Delta u=f(u)\quad in\quad \Omega \times (0,T),\quad Bu(x,t)=0\quad on\quad \partial \Omega \times (0,T), \] \[ u(x,0)=u_ 0(x)\geq 0\quad in\quad \Omega \] and compares these results with results for corresponding homogeneous, elliptic and ordinary differential equations, respectively.