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There are perhaps two fundamental questions in evolution equations. The first one is local (in time) existence and uniqueness; (i.e. “Is the initial-value problem well-posed?” The second one concerns the asymptotic behavior of solutions; i.e. “Given initial data, what happens eventually?”
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Ni, WM. (1987). Lane-Emden Equations and Related Topics in Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Problems. In: Seminar on New Results in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations. Aspects of Mathematics / Aspekte der Mathematik, vol 10. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-85049-2_6
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