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A Cauchy-Kowalevsky theorem for overdetermined systems of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric applications

Complex Variables 2008-11-11 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We consider a Cauchy problem for an overdetermined system of PDEs, and give necessary and sufficient conditions for solvability of this Cauchy problem for all data. As an application, we find all real tube hypersurfaces in complex space whose Levi number is maximal.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1255,
  title  = {A Cauchy-Kowalevsky theorem for overdetermined systems of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric applications},
  author = {M. S. Baouendi and P. Ebenfelt and D. Zaitsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1255},
  year   = {2008}
}