# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

July  2013, 12(4): 1783-1812. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1783

## On existence and uniqueness classes for the Cauchy problem for parabolic equations of the p-Laplace type

 1 Computational Aeroacoustics Laboratory, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow 125047, Russian Federation 2 Department of Mathematics, Vladimir State University, Vladimir 600000, Russian Federation

Received  April 2012 Revised  June 2012 Published  November 2012

We prove the existence and uniqueness of global solutions to the Cauchy problem for a class of parabolic equations of the p-Laplace type. In the singular case $p<2$ there are no restrictions on the behaviour of solutions and initial data at infinity. In the degenerate case $p>2$ we impose a restriction on growth of solutions at infinity to obtain global existence and uniqueness. This restriction is given in terms of weighted energy classes with power-like weights.
Citation: Mikhail D. Surnachev, Vasily V. Zhikov. On existence and uniqueness classes for the Cauchy problem for parabolic equations of the p-Laplace type. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2013, 12 (4) : 1783-1812. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1783
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