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Is there a good resource from where I can learn about parabolic Hölder spaces? I see quite a few different definitions of this space in different papers. I am clueless about why, for example, one may want your initial condition (or solution) to some PDE to be in the space $C^{k+2, \alpha}$. This is more restrictive than the space $C^{k+2}$ and I don't know what the payoff is.

How do I know which function spaces to use?

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  • $\begingroup$ Considering how much of PDE theory concerns finding suitable function spaces to use for a given equation, I doubt that there's any easy answer to "how do I know which function spaces to use" besides (a) experience (someone else used it and it worked) and (b) extreme cleverness (sadly, nothing that I am qualified to explain), plus a small dose of scaling considerations. $\endgroup$
    – Willie Wong
    Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 15:38
  • $\begingroup$ One simple reason why you get a payoff is the following "gain of derivatives" (let's consider the elliptic case, the parabolic case is similar): if $\Delta u=f$ in some domain and $f\in C^k$ it does not follow that $u\in C^{k+2}_{loc}$. However, if $f\in C^{k,\alpha}$ and $0<\alpha<1$, then it does follow that $u\in C^{k+2,\alpha}_{loc}$ by Schauder estimates. $\endgroup$
    – YangMills
    Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 16:10
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    $\begingroup$ A widely used reference for parabolic PDE is Friedman's "PDE of Parabolic Type" which might be of some help. ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=181836 $\endgroup$
    – Otis Chodosh
    Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 16:41
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the responses. I'll look for that book in the library. $\endgroup$
    – user24394
    Commented Jun 27, 2012 at 8:36
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    $\begingroup$ @quentinknight a more recent book on Holder space theory in PDE is N. V. Krylov - Lectures on Elliptic and Parabolic Equations in Hölder Spaces books.google.com/… $\endgroup$
    – Andrew
    Commented Jul 7, 2012 at 16:23

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The book by N. Krylov is a great reference, but there are some other references that may help with understanding:

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