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Mixed Problems for Hyperbolic Equations of General Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. F. D. Duff
G. F. D. Duff*
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University of Toronto
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The object of this paper is the extension to linear partial differential equations of order m in N independent variables, of the existence theorems for mixed initial and boundary value problems which have been established for systems of first order equations in (3). In such mixed problems an initial surface S and a boundary surface T are the carriers of the two types of data, and the number of datum functions to be assigned on T depends on the configuration of the characteristic surfaces relative to S and T.

For the first part of the paper (§§ 1-5) the coefficients in the differential equation, the initial and boundary surfaces, and the data prescribed are all taken to be real analytic in the variables x1 … xN. In this “analytic” case an existence theorem is established for boundary conditions of considerable generality. We assume that the differential equation is regularly hyperbolic with respect to 5 and T, a notion which is stated precisely in § 1, and is weaker than the usual regular hyperbolic condition.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 11 , 1959 , pp. 195 - 221
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1959

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