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Supersolutions for a class of semilinear heat equations

A semilinear heat equation $u_{t}=Δu+f(u)$ with nonnegative initial data in a subset of $L^{1}(Ω)$ is considered under the assumption that $f$ is nonnegative and nondecreasing and $Ω\subseteq \R^{n}$. A simple technique for proving existence and regularity based on the existence of supersolutions is presented, then a method of construction of local and global supersolutions is proposed. This approach is applied to the model case $f(s)=s^{p}$, $ϕ\in L^{q}(Ω)$: new sufficient conditions for the existence of local and global classical solutions are derived in the critical and subcritical range of parameters. Some possible generalisations of the method to a broader class of equations are discussed.