The uniform existence of solutions for two-dimensional and three-dimensional semilinear wave equations with oscillatory data

Huicheng, Yin

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04862-5

The uniform existence of solutions for two-dimensional and three-dimensional semilinear wave equations with oscillatory data
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 195-198 Request permission

Abstract:

For two-dimensional and three-dimensional semilinear wave equations, I prove the uniform existence of solutions with oscillatory initial data. Hence I solve an “open question" in one paper of J. L. Joly, G. Metivier and J. Rauch.

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