Local and global solvability of the Grushin heat equation with mixed nonlinear memory and reaction terms

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the solvability of a heat equation involving the Grushin operator. The equation is perturbed by two nonlinear reaction terms, one of which includes a memory component, introducing nonlocal effects in time. We first establish local well-posedness results in both Lebesgue spaces and in the space of continuous functions vanishing at infinity. Furthermore, we develop and apply comparison principles that allow us to derive sufficient conditions for the global existence of solutions, depending on the relative strength and nature of the nonlinearities involved. In particular, we highlight how the presence of the memory term influences global solvability. Our results contribute to the understanding of parabolic equations with degenerate operators and complex nonlinear interactions.