Appendix
739
To solve this problem, we consider the function
0
12 12
( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; ) ( )
mm
ux x x t ux x x t t tθ
− , (A.3.35)
as well as the corresponding regular distribution; taking into account the formula which
links the derivative in the sense of the theory of distributions to its derivative in the
usual sense and using the initial conditions (A.3.34'), it results
00
12 12 12
( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ) ( )
mmm
ux x x t ux x x t u x x x t t
tt
δ
∂∂
=+−
∂∂
,
2
2
0
12 12 112
22
( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ) ( )
mmm
ux x x t ux x x t u x x x t t
tt
δ
∂∂
=+−
∂∂
00
12
( , ,..., ) ( )
m
uxx x t tδ+−
, (A.3.36)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0
12 12 112
( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ) ( )
n
n
mmm
n
nn
uxxxt uxxxtuxxxtt
tt
δ
−
∂∂
=+−
∂∂
(1)
00 0
212 12
( , ,..., ) ( ) ... ( , ,..., ) ( )
n
mm
n
uxxxtt uxxx ttδδ
−
−
+−++ −
.
Noting that the derivatives in the usual sense with respect to the variable
t of the
function
12
(, ,..., ;)
m
ux x x t are equal to the corresponding derivatives of the function
12
(, ,..., ;)
m
ux x x t for
0
tt≥ , the equation (A.3.34) takes the form
12 12
12
, ,..., ; ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; )
mm
m
Puxxxtfxxxt
xx x t
∂∂ ∂∂
⎛⎞
=
⎜⎟
∂∂ ∂ ∂
⎝⎠
(A.3.37)
in distributions, where
12
( , ,..., ; )
m
xx x t is a given distribution, which contains the
initial conditions considered above.
Thus, we call basic solution of the equation (A.3.37) the distribution
12
( , ,..., ; )
m
Ex x x t which satisfies the equation
12 12
12
, ,..., ; ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; )
mm
m
P Exx x t xx x t
xx x t
δ
∂∂ ∂∂
⎛⎞
=
⎜⎟
∂∂ ∂ ∂
⎝⎠
. (A.3.38)
The solution of the above Cauchy problem is given by (A.3.35), where
12 12 12
( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; ) ( , ,..., ; )
mmm
ux x x t Ex x x t f x x x t
∗ , (A.3.37')
the convolution product corresponding to all
1m
variables.
It should be noted that some equations of mathematical physics cannot be always
deduced directly in the space of distribution, owing to the difficulties encountered in
modelling physical phenomena. In general, the equations which describe such
phenomena are obtained first by classical methods. Next, an extension is effected,
where the unknown functions take zero values, so that they be defined on the whole