Geometrical optics and related topics. Selected papers of the meeting, Cortona, Italy, September 1996 (Q1374019)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Alinhac, Serge}, Blowup of small data solutions for a class of quasilinear wave equations in two dimensions: An outline of the proof, 1-15 [Zbl 0896.35087] \textit{Bahouri, Hajer; Gérard, Patrick}, Concentration effects in critical nonlinear wave equation and scattering theory, 17-30 [Zbl 0926.35090] \textit{Baiti, Paolo; Bressan, Alberto}, Lower semicontinuity of weighted path length in BV, 31-58 [Zbl 0891.35089] \textit{Beals, Michael}, Time decay of \(L^p\) norms for solutions of the wave equation on exterior domains, 59-77 [Zbl 0920.35027] \textit{Cheverry, C.}, About the Cauchy problem for a system of conservation laws, 95-116 [Zbl 0897.35049] \textit{Del Santo, Daniele; Georgiev, Vladimir; Mitidieri, Enzo}, Global existence of the solutions and formation of singularities for a class of hyperbolic systems, 117-140 [Zbl 0893.35066] \textit{Dencker, Nils}, A class of solvable operators, 141-177 [Zbl 1101.35405] \textit{Hörmander, Lars}, On the uniqueness of the Cauchy problem under partial analyticity assumptions, 179-219 [Zbl 0907.35002] \textit{Hunter, John K.}, Nonlinear wave diffraction, 221-243 [Zbl 0893.35114] \textit{Joly, Jean-Luc; Métivier, Guy; Rauch, Jeffrey}, Caustics for dissipative semilinear oscillations, 245-266 [Zbl 0891.35098] \textit{Melrose, Richard B.}, Geometric optics and the bottom of the spectrum, 267-293 [Zbl 0889.35129] \textit{Morimoto, Yoshinori; Morioka, Tatsushi}, Hypoellipticity for a class of infinitely degenerate elliptic operators, 295-317 [Zbl 0903.35014] \textit{Nishitani, Tatsuo; Takayama, Masahiro}, Regularity of solutions to characteristic boundary value problem for symmetric systems, 319-361 [Zbl 0898.35022]