%0 Journal Article %T Life span of blow-up solutions for higher-order semilinear parabolic equations %A Fuqin Sun %J Electronic Journal of Differential Equations %D 2010 %I Texas State University %X In this article, we study the higher-order semilinear parabolic equation $$displaylines{ u_t+(-Delta)^m u=|u|^p, quad (t,x)in mathbb{R}^1_+ imes mathbb{R}^N,cr u(0,x)= u_0(x),quad xin mathbb{R}^N. }$$ Using the test function method, we derive the blow-up critical exponent. And then based on integral inequalities, we estimate the life span of blow-up solutions. %K Higher-order parabolic equation %K critical exponent %K life span %K test function method %U http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2010/17/abstr.html