Global classical solutions to partially dissipative quasilinear hyperbolic systems

Abstract

The author considers the Cauchy problem for quasilinear inhomogeneous hyperbolic systems. Under the assumption that the system is weakly dissipative, Hanouzet and Natalini established the global existence of smooth solutions for small initial data (in Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., Vol. 169, 2003, pp. 89–117). The aim of this paper is to give a completely different proof of this result with slightly different assumptions.

Keywords

Cauchy problem / Global classical solution / Partially dissipative quasilinear hyperbolic system

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