A similarity principle for complex vector fields and applications

Berhanu, S.; Hounie, J.; Santiago, P.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-00-02673-8

A similarity principle for complex vector fields and applications
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Abstract:

This paper establishes a similarity principle for a class of non-elliptic, smooth complex vector fields in the plane. This principle is used to prove a uniqueness result for a nonlinear Cauchy problem.

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