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The purpose of this work is to analyze the wellposedness and the blow-up of solutions of the higher-order parabolic semilinear equation \[ u_t+(-\Delta)^{d}u=|x|^{\alpha}|u|^{p}+\zeta(t){\mathbf w}(x) \ \quad\mbox{for }…
We apply the technique of standard supersymmetric factorization for any q factor ordering in the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) equation for barotropic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) minisuperspace model, including the cosmological term. The…
The Wheeler-DeWitt equation is based on the use of canonical quantization rules that may be inconsistent for constrained dynamical systems, such as minisuperspaces subject to Einstein's equations. The resulting quantum dynamics has no…
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