Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions to Parabolic IVP’s

= −divax, t∇u + b⃗x, t ⋅ ∇u + cx, tux, t with aij, bj, c ∈ LUT and for a0 > 0, z⃗ ⋅ aijx, t z⃗ ≥ a0 | z⃗| ∀z⃗ ∀x, t ∈ UT. Then L is said to be uniformly elliptic on UT. We recall that the assumptions on the coefficients aij, bj, c, imply the existence of positive constants, a1,a0 and μ0 such that for all u,v ∈ H1U, and μ > μ0, |Bu,v, t| ≤ a1‖u‖1‖v‖1 a.e. t ∈ 0,T Bu,u, t + μu,u0 ≥ a0‖u‖1 2 a.e. t ∈ 0,T where