AIP Conference Proceedings 2159, 030025 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127490 2159, 030025 © 2019 Author(s). On the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear heat equation Cite as: AIP Conference Proceedings 2159, 030025 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127490 Published Online: 02 October 2019 Elena Nikolova, Mirko Tarulli, and George Venkov