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The author provides a survey on classical and recent results about the well posedness of the Cauchy problem \[ {\partial u\over \partial t}= f\left(t,x,u, {\partial u\over \partial x_1}, \dots, {\partial u\over \partial x_n} \right), \quad u(0,x) =\varphi(x). \] The initial value \(\varphi: \mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{C}^N\) is supposed to be analytic, while the nonlinearity \(f:\mathbb{R}^+ \times\mathbb{R}^n \times(\mathbb{C}^n)^{N+1} \to\mathbb{C}^N\) is supposed to be continuous in \(t\) and analytic in the remaining variables. Moreover, conditions like weak hyperbolicity, hyperbolicity and strict hyperbolicity are systematically considered. The well posedness and continuous dependence on \(\varphi\) are studied in the spaces of analytic and \(C^\infty\)-functions.