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Oscillation criteria for second order hyperbolic initial value problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Gordon Pagan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Ballistics, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham
David Stocks
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Ballistics, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham

Synopsis

It is established that under certain restrictions the solution u of the equation uxygu = 0 satisfying u(x, 0) = p(x) and u(0,y) = q(y) in ([0, = ∞) × [0, ∞), changes sign in where (X, Y) is any point in the relevant region.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979

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