On Hopf type functional derivative equations for \(\square{} u+cu+bu^ 2+au^ 3 = 0\) on \(\Omega{} \times{} R\). I: Existence of solutions (Q1173638)

The author obtains solutions of certain functional derivative equations of third order whose characteristics are represented by the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation on \(\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\), where \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain of \(\mathbb{R}^ n (n\leq 4)\). With his method it is possible to solve a functional derivative equation which is considered as the many-time Hopf equation corresponding to the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation. He gives the meaning of the higher functional derivatives appearing in his problem as distributions and this is one of the main objects of the paper.