Semi-linear wave equations

Struwe, Michael

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00225-2

Semi-linear wave equations
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Abstract:

We survey existence and regularity results for semi-linear wave equations. In particular, we review the recent regularity results for the ${u^5}$-Klein Gordon equation by Grillakis and this author and give a self-contained, slightly simplified proof.

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