A global approach to fully nonlinear parabolic problems

We consider the general initial-boundary value problem

(1)        
(2)        
(3)        
where is a bounded open set in with sufficiently smooth boundary.  The problem (1)-(3) is first reduced to the analogous problem in the space with zero initial condition and

The resulting problem is then reduced to the problem where the operator satisfies Condition  This reduction is based on a priori estimates which are developed herein for linear parabolic operators with coefficients in Sobolev spaces.  The local and global solvability of the operator equation are achieved via topological methods developed by I. V. Skrypnik. Further applications are also given involving relevant coercive problems, as well as Galerkin approximations.