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In this paper we study nonlinear parabolic equations using the method of upper and lower solutions. Using truncation and penalization techniques and results from the theory of operators of monotone type, we prove the existence of a periodic solution between an upper and a lower solution. Then with some monotonicity conditions we prove the existence of extremal solutions in the order interval defined by an upper and a lower solution. Finally we consider problems with discontinuities and we show that their solution set is a compact R δ-set in (CT, L 2(Z)).
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Cardinali, T., Papageorgiou, N.S. Periodic problems and problems with discontinuities for nonlinear parabolic equations. Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal 50, 467–497 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022873208183
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