# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2012, 11(5): 2079-2123. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2079

## An abstract existence theorem for parabolic systems

 1 University Bonn, Institute for Applied Mathematics, Endenicher Allee 60, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Received  January 2011 Revised  May 2011 Published  March 2012

In this paper we prove an abstract existence theorem which can be applied to solve parabolic problems in a wide range of applications. It also applies to parabolic variational inequalities. The abstract theorem is based on a Gelfand triple $(V,H,V^*)$, where the standard realization for parabolic systems of second order is $(W^{1, 2}(\Omega),L^2(\Omega), W^{1,2}(\Omega)^*)$. But also realizations to other problems are possible, for example, to fourth order systems.
In all applications to boundary value problems the set $M\subset V$ is an affine subspace, whereas for variational inequalities the constraint $M$ is a closed convex set.
The proof is purely abstract and new.
The corresponding compactness theorem is based on [5].
The present paper is suitable for lectures, since it relays on the corresponding abstract elliptic theory.
Citation: Hans Wilhelm Alt. An abstract existence theorem for parabolic systems. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2012, 11 (5) : 2079-2123. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2012.11.2079
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##### References:
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