A remark on global existence for small initial data of the minimal surface equation in Minkowskian space time

Lindblad, Hans

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A remark on global existence for small initial data of the minimal surface equation in Minkowskian space time
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Abstract:

We show that the nonlinear wave equation corresponding to the minimal surface equation in Minkowski space time has a global solution for sufficiently small initial data.

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