We establish the existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a higher-order semilinear
parabolic equation by introducing a new majorizing kernel. We also study necessary
conditions on the initial data for the existence of local-in-time solutions and identify
the strongest singularity of the initial data for the solvability of the Cauchy problem.
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