Singularities of solution surfaces for quasilinear first-order partial differential equations (Q679365)

Let \(S\) be an \(n\)-dimensional manifold. Then \(f: S\to\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) is called a solution surface (with singularities) of an equation \(\sum^{n+1}_{i= 1} a_i(x_1,\dots, x_{n+1})\partial h/\partial x_i=0\) if there exists a non-vanishing vector field \(Y\) on \(S\) such that \(df\circ Y=\sum a_i\partial/\partial x_i\). Recalling a result by \textit{G. Ishikawa}, \textit{S. Izumiya}, and \textit{K. Watanabe} [Geom. Dedicata 48, No. 2, 127-137 (1993; Zbl 0796.58010)] which concerns the behaviour of vector fields near a generic submanifold, the authors study the normal forms of solution surfaces under the natural equivalence relation of the characteristic Cauchy problem for the regular cases of equations (not all coefficients \(a_i\) are simultaneously vanishing).