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Entire solutions of first-order nonlinear partial differential equations

Author(s): Jill E. Hemmati
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 1483-1485.
MSC (1991): Primary 35F20
MathSciNet review: 1396979
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Abstract: We show that any entire solution of an essentially nonlinear first-order partial differential equation in two variables must be linear.


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Additional Information:

Jill E. Hemmati
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03881-1
PII: S 0002-9939(97)03881-1
Received by editor(s): November 28, 1995
Communicated by: Jeffrey B. Rauch
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society




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