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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 7 3 f Solution by
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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 givesFor 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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