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For the operators \[ L_1=\partial_x\partial_t-t^{2k+1} x^{2l+1} A_2 (t,x,y) \partial_y^2+t^kx^lA_1(t,x,y) \partial_y+ a_0(t,x,y) \] and \[ L_2=\partial_x \partial_t-B(t,x,y) \partial_x^2-t^{2k+1}x^{2l+1} A_2(t,x,y) \partial_y^2+ t^k x^lA_1(t,x,y) \partial_y+a_0(t,x,y) \] with smooth-coefficients and \(k\) and \(l\) non-negative integers, the \(C^\infty\) wellposedness of the Goursat problem: \[ L_iu=f(t,x,y),\;(t,x,y)\in\mathbb{R}^3\;i=1,2, \] \[ u(0,x,y)= g_t (x,y),\;(x,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2,\quad u(t,0,y)=g_2(t,y),\;(t,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2 \] is studied. The main result of the paper can be summarized as follows: for any \(f(t,x,y)\in C^\infty (\mathbb{R}^3)\) and smooth \(g_1(x,y)\), \(g_2(t,y)\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^2)\) satisfying the compatibility condition \(g_1(0,y)=g_2 (0,y)\), the Goursat problem has one and only one solution \(u(t,x,y)\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^3)\). For the proof one considers first the case when \(f(t,x,y)\) is flat on the planes \(t=0\) and \(x=0\) and conditions are homogeneous. The operator \(L_1\) is then approximated by a strictly hyperbolic operator for which a Cauchy problem with zero data is solved. The same is done for the operator \(L_2\), -- the case when the plane \(x=0\) is not characteristic. A related paper to the above stated problem is \textit{Y. Hasegawa} [J. Math. Soc. Japan 50, No. 3, 639--662 (1998; Zbl 0913.35093)].











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