Holomorphic and singular solutions of nonlinear singular first order partial differential equations (Q1174619): Difference between revisions

The authors investigate the structure of holomorphic and singular solutions of nonlinear singular first order partial differential equations of the form \(t\partial u/\partial t=F(t,x,u,\partial u/\partial x)\), where \(t\in\mathbb{C}\), \(x\in\mathbb{C}^ n\), \(F(t,x,u,v)\) is a holomorphic function in a neighborhood of the origin in \(\mathbb{C}\times\mathbb{C}^ n\times\mathbb{C}\times\mathbb{C}^ n\), and \(F(0,x,0,0)=\partial F/\partial v_ i(0,x,0,0)=0\) for all \(x\). The model for this problem is the Briot-Bouquet equation \(t du/dt=f(t,u)\), \(f(0,0)=0\). The nature of the solutions is determined by the characteristic exponent \(\rho:=\partial F/\partial u(0,0,0,0)\). The authors show that if \(\rho\) is not a positive integer, then there is a unique holomorphic solution \(u_ 0(t,x)\) in a neighborhood of the origin in \(\mathbb{C}\times\mathbb{C}^ n\) satisfying \(u_ 0(0,x)\equiv 0\). When \(\text{Re }\rho>0\) (and \(\rho\) is not a positive integer), there are also solutions that are singular as \(t\to0\), and the authors characterize all of them within a certain class of functions. When \(\text{Re }\rho\leq0\), there are no singular solutions within the given class.