Ultrahyperbolic equation
In the mathematical field of partial differential equations, the ultrahyperbolic equation is a partial differential equation for an unknown scalar function u of 2n variables x1, ..., xn, y1, ..., yn of the form
More generally, if a is any quadratic form in 2n variables with signature (n,n), then any PDE whose principal part is is said to be ultrahyperbolic. Any such equation can be put in the form 1. above by means of a change of variables.[1]
The ultrahyperbolic equation has been studied from a number of viewpoints. On the one hand, it resembles the classical wave equation. This has led to a number of developments concerning its characteristics, one of which is due to Fritz John: the John equation.
The equation has also been studied from the point of view of symmetric spaces, and elliptic differential operators.[2] In particular, the ultrahyperbolic equation satisfies an analog of the mean value theorem for harmonic functions
Notes
- ^ See Courant and Hilbert.
- ^ See, for instance, Helgasson.
References
- David Hilbert and Richard Courant (1962). Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 2. Wiley-Interscience. pp. 744–752. ISBN 978-0471504399.
- Lars Hörmander (2001). "Asgeirsson's Mean Value Theorem and Related Identities". Journal of Functional Analysis (184): 377–401.
- Lars Hörmander (1990). The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators I. Springer-Verlag. pp. Theorem 7.3.4. ISBN 3-540-52343-X.
- Sigurdur Helgason (2000). Groups and Geometric Analysis. American Mathematical Society. pp. 319–323.
- Fritz John (1938). "The Ultrahyperbolic Differential Equation with Four Independent Variables". Duke Math. J. 4 (2): 300–322. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-38-00423-5.
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