On the cardinality of solutions of multilinear differential equations and applications (Q1114054)

The author considers differential equations of the form \(Mu=(L_ 1u)(L_ 2u)...(L_ mu)=0,\) where \(L_ i=\sum^{n(i)}_{j=0}c_{ij}D^ j,\) n(1)\(\geq...\geq n(m)\), \(i=1,...,m\), in the space \(C^{n(1)}[a,b]\), \(c_{ij}\in C^{n(1)}[a,b]\). He obtains necessary and sufficient conditions in order that the given equation have branching solutions of a given form, and studies their cardinality. He considers the initial problem in a neighborhood of a branching point. He applies the results obtained to specific equations, constructs solutions, and gives their quantitative estimate in various cases.