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    Solution to a parabolic differential equation in Hilbert space via Feynman formula - parts I and II

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    A parabolic partial differential equation ut′(t,x)=Lu(t,x)u'_t(t,x)=Lu(t,x) is considered, where LL is a linear second-order differential operator with time-independent coefficients, which may depend on xx. We assume that the spatial coordinate xx belongs to a finite- or infinite-dimensional real separable Hilbert space HH. Assuming the existence of a strongly continuous resolving semigroup for this equation, we construct a representation of this semigroup by a Feynman formula, i.e. we write it in the form of the limit of a multiple integral over HH as the multiplicity of the integral tends to infinity. This representation gives a unique solution to the Cauchy problem in the uniform closure of the set of smooth cylindrical functions on HH. Moreover, this solution depends continuously on the initial condition. In the case where the coefficient of the first-derivative term in LL vanishes we prove that the strongly continuous resolving semigroup exists (this implies the existence of the unique solution to the Cauchy problem in the class mentioned above) and that the solution to the Cauchy problem depends continuously on the coefficients of the equation.Comment: This is a more or less stable version of the tex
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