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In the 1950s, Protter proposed multi-dimensional analogues of the classical Guderley–Morawetz problem for mixed-type hyperbolic-elliptic equations on the plane that models transonic flows in fluid dynamics. The multi-dimensional variants turn out to be different from the two-dimensional case and the situation there is still not clear. Here, we study Protter problems in the hyperbolic part of the domain. Unlike the planar analogues, the four-dimensional variant is not well-posed for classical solutions. The problem is not Fredholm — there is an infinite number of necessary conditions for classical solvability. Alternatively, the notion of a generalized solution that may have singularities was introduced. It is known that for smooth right-hand sides, the uniquely determined generalized solution may have a power-type growth at one boundary point. The singularity is isolated at the vertex of the boundary characteristic light cone and does not propagate along the cone. Here, we construct a new singular solution with an exponential growth at the point where the singularity appears. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We study three-dimensional boundary value problems for the nonhomogeneous wave equation, which are analogues of the Darboux problems in R2. In contrast to the planar Darboux problem the three-dimensional version is not well posed, since its homogeneous adjoint problem has an infinite number of classical solutions. On the other hand, it is known that for smooth right-hand side functions there is a uniquely determined generalized solution that may have a strong power-type singularity at one boundary point. This singularity is isolated at the vertex of the characteristic light cone and does not propagate along the cone. The present paper describes asymptotic expansion of the generalized solutions in negative powers of the distance to this singular point. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of solutions with a fixed order of singularity and give a priori estimates for the singular solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Four-dimensional boundary value problems for the nonhomogeneous wave equation are studied, which are analogues of Darboux problems in the plane. The smoothness of the right-hand side function of the wave equation is decisive for the behavior of the solution of the boundary value problem. It is shown that for each there exists such a right-hand side function from , for which the uniquely determined generalized solution has a strong power-type singularity at one boundary point. This singularity is isolated at the vertex of the characteristic cone and does not propagate along the cone. The present article describes asymptotic expansions of the generalized solutions in negative powers of the distance to this singularity point. Some necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of regular solutions, or solutions with fixed order of singularity, are derived and additionally some a priori estimates for the singular solutions are given. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

For the wave equation we study boundary value problems, which are four-dimensional analogues of Darboux problems on the plane. It is shown that for n in ℕ there exists a right hand side smooth function from C n , for which the corresponding unique generalized solution has a strong power-type singularity at the point O . This singularity is isolated at the vertex O of the characteristic cone and does not propagate along the cone. The present article describes the exact behavior of the singular solutions at the point O . We give some necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of solutions with fixed order of singularity. It states some exact a priori estimates for the singular solutions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]