Some algebraic properties of the hyperbolic systems (Q2465928)

The authors consider an homogeneous system in one space variable \(x\in\mathbb{R}\), that is, \[ u_t- A(t, x) u_x= 0,\qquad u_t(0,x)= u_0(x),\tag{1} \] where \(u: [0,T]\times \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^N\), and \(A(t,x)\) is a real hyperbolic matrix, that is, a \(N\times N\) matrix with real, smooth entries and real eigenvalues \(\lambda_1(t,x),\dots, \lambda_N(t, x)\), not necessarily distinct. In this work the authors show a new property of the quasisymmetrizer for (1), which is also closely connected with some interesting inequalities on the eigenvalues of a hyperbolic matrix.