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Semi-linear wave equations

Author(s): Michael Struwe
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1992), 53-85.
MSC (2000): Primary 35L70
MathSciNet review: 1093058
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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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