Life-span of classical solutions to one dimensional initial-boundary value problems for general quasilinear wave equations (Q645389)

The initial-boundary value problem is considered \[ \begin{aligned} &u_{tt}-u_{xx}=b(u, Du)u_{xx}+2a_0(u, Du)u_{tx}+F(u, Du),\quad x>0, t>0,\\ & t=0: \;u=\epsilon\phi(x), u_t=\epsilon \psi(x),\quad x>0,\\ & x=0: \;u=0,\quad t\geq 0, \end{aligned} \] where \(D=\Bigl({{\partial}\over {\partial t}}, {{\partial }\over {\partial x}}\Bigr)\), \(\phi, \psi\in {\mathcal C}_0^{\infty}(\mathbb R^+)\), \(\mathbb R^+=[0, \infty)\), \(\epsilon>0\) is a small parameter, \(a_0\), \(b\) and \(F\) are given functions. The author gives conditions for the functions \(a_0\), \(b\) and \(F\) so that for every given integer \(s\geq 4\) there exists a positive constant \(\epsilon_0\) such that for any \(\epsilon\in (0, \epsilon_0]\) there exists a positive number \(T=T(\epsilon)\) so that the considered problem admits on \([0, T(\epsilon)]\) a unique classical solution.