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Cauchy Problem for Differential Operators with Double Characteristics

Non-Effectively Hyperbolic Characteristics

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  • Features thorough discussions on well/ill-posedness of the Cauchy problem for di?erential operators with double characteristics of non-e?ectively hyperbolic type
  • Takes a uni?ed approach combining geometrical and microlocal tools
  • Adopts the viewpoint that the Hamilton map and the geometry of bicharacteristics characterizes the well/ill-posedness of the Cauchy problem

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 2202)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 1-23
  3. Non-effectively Hyperbolic Characteristics

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 25-42
  4. Geometry of Bicharacteristics

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 43-70
  5. Microlocal Energy Estimates and Well-Posedness

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 71-93
  6. Cauchy Problem: No Tangent Bicharacteristics

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 95-127
  7. Tangent Bicharacteristics and Ill-Posedness

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 129-147
  8. Cauchy Problem in the Gevrey Classes

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 149-179
  9. Ill-Posed Cauchy Problem, Revisited

    • Tatsuo Nishitani
    Pages 181-201
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 203-213

About this book

Combining geometrical and microlocal tools, this monograph gives detailed proofs of many well/ill-posed results related to the Cauchy problem for differential operators with non-effectively hyperbolic double characteristics. Previously scattered over numerous different publications, the results are presented from the viewpoint that the Hamilton map and the geometry of bicharacteristics completely characterizes the well/ill-posedness of the Cauchy problem.


A doubly characteristic point of a differential operator P of order m (i.e. one where Pm = dPm = 0) is effectively hyperbolic if the Hamilton map FPm has real non-zero eigen values. When the characteristics are at most double and every double characteristic is effectively hyperbolic, the Cauchy problem for P can be solved for arbitrary lower order terms.


If there is a non-effectively hyperbolic characteristic, solvability requires the subprincipal symbol of P to lie between −Pµj and Pµj, where iµj are the positive imaginary eigenvalues of FPm . Moreover, if 0 is an eigenvalue of FPm with corresponding 4 × 4 Jordan block, the spectral structure of FPm is insufficient to determine whether the Cauchy problem is well-posed and the behavior of bicharacteristics near the doubly characteristic manifold plays a crucial role.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

    Tatsuo Nishitani

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cauchy Problem for Differential Operators with Double Characteristics

  • Book Subtitle: Non-Effectively Hyperbolic Characteristics

  • Authors: Tatsuo Nishitani

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67612-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67611-1Published: 26 November 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67612-8Published: 24 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8434

  • Series E-ISSN: 1617-9692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 213

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Partial Differential Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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