Global existence of classical solutions to systems of wave equations with critical nonlinearity in three space dimensions (Q1585907)

This paper is concerned with the Cauchy problem for the following system of quasilinear wave equations \[ \begin{gathered} {\partial^2 u^i\over\partial t^2}- c^2_i \sum^3_{j=1} {\partial^2 u^i\over\partial x^2_j}= F^i(\partial u,\partial^2 u)\quad\text{in }[0,\infty)\times \mathbb{R}^3,\\ u^i(0,\cdot)= \varepsilon f^i,\quad \partial_t u^i(0,\cdot)= \varepsilon g^i\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^3,\quad i= 1,\dots,m,\end{gathered}\tag{1} \] with distinct propagation speeds \(c_i> 0\) and nonlinear terms \(F^i\) having quadratic parts. The author extends the null condition introduced by Klainermann for single equations or systems with equal propagation speeds to the systems with distinct propagation speeds, and proves that there exists a unique global solution of (1) if \(\varepsilon> 0\) is sufficiently small for any \(f^i\) and \(g^i\in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^3)\).