A moment problem for one-dimensional nonlinear pseudoparabolic equation

We are concerned with a moment problem for a nonlinear pseudoparabolic equation with one space dimension on an interval. The boundary conditions are imposed in terms of the zero-order moment and the first-order moment. Based on an elliptic estimate and an iteration method we established the well-posedness of solutions in the usual Sobolev space. We are able to get regularity of the solution so that both solution and its derivative with respect to the time variable belong to the same Sobolev space with respect to the space variable. This feature is different from problems with parabolic equations, where the regularity order of solution is higher than that of the time derivative with respect to the space variable. Previous results reflected only this parabolic nature for the pseudoparabolic equation. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.