On the theory of mixed-type equations (Q812305)

The authors review different well-posed boundary-value problems for mixed-type equations as: the Chaplygin equation \(K(y){\partial^2 u\over\partial x^2}+ {\partial^2 u\over\partial y^2}= 0\), where the function \(K(y)\) is positive for \(y> 0\) and negative for \(y< 0\); the Tricomi equation \(y{\partial^2 u\over\partial x^2}+ {\partial^2u\over\partial y^2}= 0\), which corresponds to the case where \(K(y)= y\); the Gellerstedt equation \(y^{2m+1}{\partial^2 u\over\partial x^2}+ {\partial^2 u\over\partial y^2}= 0\), where \(m\) is a nonnegative integer number, etc. The authors present barotropic relations for plane-parallel flow of a compressible gas that leads to mixed-type model equations on the hodograph plane. They also discuss the question on the existence of transonic solutions of profile flow problems, which is closely related to Dirichlet problems in mixed-type domains.