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In a unified and simple way we get lower bounds of the life-span of classical solutions to the Cauchy problem with small initial data for fully nonlinear wave equations of the general form □u = F(u, Du, D x Du) for the space dimension n ≥ 3.
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Ta-Tsien, L. (1991). Lower Bounds of the Life-Span of Small Classical Solutions for Nonlinear Wave Equations. In: Beals, M., Melrose, R.B., Rauch, J. (eds) Microlocal Analysis and Nonlinear Waves. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 30. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9136-4_9
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