Method of Characteristics: Local Theory

Jan 1, 2021 · 1 min read

Summary

We continue the general treatment of the method of characteristics Lecture 15 to construct solutions of the Cauchy problem

$$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} F(Du,u,x) &= 0 &&\text{in}~U \\ u&=g\quad &&\text{on}~\Gamma \end{alignedat} \right. $$

We cover

  • the non-characteristic condition
  • compatibility conditions

for the boundary curve $\Gamma$ and data.

We then move on to the local theory.

Full Set of Lecture Notes

The notes for this lecture are available here (23 pages).