We study the lifespan of solutions to fully nonlinear second-order Cauchy problems with small real- or complex-analytic data. The nonlinear term is an analytic function in u, ū and their derivatives. We give an outline of the proof based on the method of majorants and the fixed point technique.
@article{bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-bc97-0-11, author = {Hideshi Yamane}, title = {Nonlinear Cauchy problems with small analytic data and the lifespan of their solutions}, journal = {Banach Center Publications}, volume = {97}, year = {2012}, pages = {153-160}, zbl = {1262.35147}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-bc97-0-11} }
Hideshi Yamane. Nonlinear Cauchy problems with small analytic data and the lifespan of their solutions. Banach Center Publications, Tome 97 (2012) pp. 153-160. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-bc97-0-11/