# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November  2012, 11(6): 2239-2260. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2239

## Abstract reaction-diffusion systems with $m$-completely accretive diffusion operators and measurable reaction rates

 1 Center of Smart Interfaces, Technical University Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 32, 64287 Darmstadt 2 Duisburg-Essen University, Faculty of Mathematics, Universitatsstrae 2, 45141 Essen, Germany

Received  March 2011 Revised  July 2011 Published  April 2012

We consider reaction-diffusion systems with merely measurable reaction terms to cover the possibility of discontinuities. Solutions of such problems are defined as solutions to appropriate differential inclusions which, in an abstract form, lead to evolution inclusions of the form

$u' \in - A u + F(t,u)$ on $[0,T], u(0)=u_{0},$

where $A$ is $m$-accretive and $F$ is of upper semicontinuous type. While such problems, in general, can exhibit non-existence of solutions, the present paper shows that especially for $m$-completely accretive $A$, and under reasonable assumptions on $F$, mild solutions do exist.

Citation: Dieter Bothe, Petra Wittbold. Abstract reaction-diffusion systems with $m$-completely accretive diffusion operators and measurable reaction rates. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2012, 11 (6) : 2239-2260. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2239
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