Kiguradze classes for characteristic initial value problems (Q1085343)

The authors establish conditions under which certain characteristic initial value problems associated with \(\partial^ m_ x \partial^ n_ y u\pm f(x,y,u)=0\) have solutions which belong to the class \(P_{k,\ell}\). This class consists of functions u(x,y) with the following properties: there exist positive constants X,Y such that \(u,\partial_ xu,...,\partial^ k_ x u,-\partial_ x^{k+1} u,\partial_ x^{k+2} u,...,(-1)^{m-k} \partial^ m_ x u\) and \(u,\partial^ 1_ y u,...,\partial_ y^{\ell} u,-\partial_ y^{\ell +1} u,\partial_ y^{\ell +2} u,...,(-1)^{n-\ell} \partial^ n_ y u\) are positive for all \(x>X\) and \(y>Y\).