Solution

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If and are two weak solutions with the same initial value and the required local time bound, their difference satisfies . By linearity this implies for every . On put . The factorial bound for a Volterra iterate now gives
For fixed , the factor tends to zero; its successive-term ratio is . Therefore as an element at every time on this interval. Since is arbitrary, the locally time-bounded weak solution is unique globally. This proof uses precisely the additional condition requested, rather than assuming arbitrary pointwise-in-time integrability alone supplies a finite uniform bound.

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