Note on the existence theory for pseudo-monotone evolution problems

Abstract

In this note we develop a framework which allows to prove an existence result for non-linear evolution problems involving time-dependent, pseudo-monotone operators. This abstract existence result is applicable to a large class of concrete problems where the standard theorem on evolutionary pseudo-monotone operators is not applicable. To this end we introduce the notion of Bochner pseudo-monotonicity, and Bochner coercivity, which are appropriate extensions of the concepts of pseudo-monotonicity and coercivity to the evolutionary setting. Moreover, we give sufficient conditions for these new notions, which are easily and widely applicable.