Cauchy problem for a degenerate heat equation in Banach spaces

We study the solvability of a degenerate heat equation with closed linear operators B multiplying the time derivative and A multiplying the Laplace operator in the class of generalized functions in Banach spaces. Under various assumptions on the operator pencil λB-A (it can be Fredholm of index zero, Fredholm, spectrally bounded, sectorial, or radial), we construct the fundamental operator function for the differential operator Bδ′(t) × δ ( $ \bar x $ ) ? Aδ(t) × Δδ ( $ \bar x $ ) and use it for the closed-form construction of the desired generalized solution of the Cauchy problem for the equation in question. We single out uniqueness classes for these solutions and analyze the relationship between continuous and generalized solutions.