Singularities of solutions of quasilinear partial differential equations in a complex domain (Q290737)

The author considers the quasilinear Cauchy problem in the complex domain \[ \begin{gathered} \sum_{|\alpha|=m} c_\alpha(x,u)\,\partial^\alpha_x u+ Q(x,\nabla^{m-1}_x u)= 0,\\ \partial^j_{x_0} u(0,x')= u_j(x'),\quad 0\leq j\leq m-1,\end{gathered} \] where \(x= (x_0,x')\in C^{n-1}\). The characteristic roots are assumed to be distinct, and the initial data have singularities along complex submanifolds. Under hypotheses of analytic regularity on \(c_\alpha\) and \(Q\), the singularities of the solution are shown to propagate along the related characteristic complex submanifolds. The result was known in the linear case, see for example \textit{C. Wagschal} [J. Math. pur. Appl., IX. Sér. 51, 375--397 (1972; Zbl 0242.35016)]. When treating the quasilinear case, new difficulty is represented by the fact that the Hamilton equation depends on the solution itself. To formulate the result, the author then refers to appropriate notions of characteristic sets and spaces of holomorphic functions.