I want to learn how to apply certain ODE theory to PDE. If we have a Banach space ODE $$x'(t) = f(t, x(t), p),$$ $$x(0) = x\_0$$ where the equation is over same domain $t \in (a,b)$, then via the implicit function theorem, there is a unique solution around neighborhoods of the initial value and the parameter, and the solution depends continuously on the initial value and the parameter $p$. This is according to Zeidler's book in Section 4.11


Is there a way this ODE theory can be directly applied to PDE theory for some parabolic equation to get continuous dependence? Or does one just adapt the proof? 



ODE continuous dependence on parameters to PDE
Yes, you can get some results on some PDE's directly with abstract ODE methods. However, in my experience with nonlinear PDE's it tends to be preferable to deal directly with the iteration/fixed point method, because the abstraction you get by using ODE method is very thin, and so it does not add much insight. Removing this layer makes things more transparent, and it is instructive when you study more advanced techniques for more complicated PDE's.


