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Abstract

We consider the initial-value problem for a nonlinear hyperbolic-parabolic system of three coupled partial differential equations of second order describing the process of thermodiffusion in a solid body (in one-dimensional space). We prove global (in time) existence and uniqueness of the solution to the initial-value problem for this nonlinear system. The global existence is proved using time decay estimates for the solution of the associated linearized problem. Next, we prove an energy estimate in Sobolev spaces with constant independent of time. Such an energy estimate allows us to apply the standard continuation argument to continue the local solution to be defined for all times.