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A proof of the parabolic Schauder estimates using Trudinger's method and the mean value property of the heat equation

One method available to prove the Schauder estimates is Neil Trudinger's method of mollification. In the case of second order elliptic equations, the method requires little more than mollification and the solid mean value inequality for subharmonic functions. Our goal in this article is show how the mean value property of subsolutions of the heat equation can be used in a similar fashion as the solid mean value inequality for subharmonic functions in Trudinger's original elliptic treatment, providing a relatively simple derivation of the interior Schauder estimate for second order parabolic equations.