## Duke Mathematical Journal

### A sharp counterexample to the local existence of low-regularity solutions to nonlinear wave equations

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 72, Number 2 (1993), 503-539.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077289430

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07219-5

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1248683

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0797.35123

#### Citation

Lindblad, Hans. A sharp counterexample to the local existence of low-regularity solutions to nonlinear wave equations. Duke Math. J. 72 (1993), no. 2, 503--539. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07219-5. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077289430

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