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The author considers the semilinear system of partial differential equations of the form (1) \(Lu+F(\cdot,u)=g\), which is valid on \(\omega\cap\{x_ n>0\}\), where \(\omega\) is an open neighborhood of the origin in \(\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^ n=\{(t,x)\mid\;t\in\mathbb{R},\;x=(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)\in\mathbb{R}^ n\}\), and is subjected to some boundary conditions on \(\omega\cap\{x_ n=0\}\). In (1) \(L\) denotes a first order hyperbolic operator of even dimension having two speeds. His main result claims that the oscillating wave trains are reflected on a non-characteristic boundary in the same form as the incident wave trains. The results are expressed in the form of four theorems whose demonstrations are not given. The results are based on the fact that the above-mentioned operator \(L\) can always be reduced to the form \[ L=\partial_ t+\left[{I_ k \atop 0} {0 \atop -I_ k}\right]\partial_ n+\sum_{j=1} ^{n-1}\left[{a_ jI_ k \atop E_ j} {c_ j \atop b_ jI_ k}\right]\partial_ j, \] where \(I_ k\) stands for the unit matrix of dimension \(k\), \(a_ j\) and \(b_ j\) are certain scalar functions while \(c_ j\) and \(E_ j\) are square matrices.