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Title

Convergence of formal solutions of first order singular nonlinear partial differential equations in the complex domain

Authors 1, 1

Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan

Abstract

We study the convergence or divergence of formal (power series) solutions of first order nonlinear partial differential equations    (SE) f(x,u,D_x u) = 0 with u(0)=0. Here the function f(x,u,ξ) is defined and holomorphic in a neighbourhood of a point (0,0,ξ0)n_{x}×u×n_{ξ}(ξ0=Dxu(0)) and f(0,0,ξ0)=0. The equation (SE) is said to be singular if f(0,0,ξ) ≡ 0 (ξn). The criterion of convergence of a formal solution u(x)=|α|1uαxα of (SE) is given by a generalized form of the Poincaré condition which depends on each formal solution. In the case where the formal solution diverges a precise rate of divergence or the formal Gevrey order is specified which can be interpreted in terms of the Newton polygon as in the case of linear equations but for nonlinear equations it depends on the individual formal solution.

Keywords

singular equation, formal solution

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Pages:
215-228
Main language of publication
English
Received
1999-05-31
Accepted
1999-12-10
Published
2000
Exact and natural sciences