International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 12 (1989), Issue 3, Pages 539-545
doi:10.1155/S0161171289000670

On the exponential growth of solutions to non-linear hyperbolic equations

H. Chi,1 H. Poorkarimi,1 J. Wiener,1 and S. M. Shah2

1Department of Mathematics, Pan American University, Edinburg 78509, Texas, USA
2Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506, Kentucky, USA

Received 9 September 1987

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Abstract

Existence-uniqueness theorems are proved for continuous solutions of some classes of non-linear hyperbolic equations in bounded and unbounded regions. In case of unbounded region, certain conditions ensure that the solution cannot grow to infinity faster than exponentially.