A theorem of global existence of solutions to nonlinear wave equations in four space dimensions (Q2639244)

The author considers global existence (in time) for the Cauchy problem of the highly nonlinear wave equations of the form \(u_{tt}-\Delta u=F(u,Du,D_ xDu)\) in 5 dimensional Minkowski spacetime. When the quadratic terms of the nonlinear function F always have multiplicational factors \((Du,D_ xDu)\) in a neighbourhood of the origin, then a unique global solution exists under the suitable assumption of smoothness and smallness on initial data. The proof is based on some global Sobolev inequalities in Minkowski space obtained by \textit{S. Klainerman} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 40, 111-117 (1987; Zbl 0686.46019)] and some nonlinear estimates related to the nonlinearity given above.