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6.3. CHARACTERISTICS AND HIGHER ORDER EQUATIONS 41<br />

into canonical form. Here we have b 2 −ac = x 2 −x 2 = 0, so the equation is of parabolic<br />

type and the characteristics are found from<br />

or<br />

Take<br />

dy<br />

dx = b a = −x,<br />

y = − x2<br />

2 + c.<br />

ϕ(x, y) =y + x2<br />

2 ,<br />

ψ(x, y) =x.<br />

Then<br />

˜d = aϕ xx +2bϕ xy + cϕ yy + dϕ x + eϕ y = (1)(1)+0+0+0+(−2)(1) = −1,<br />

ẽ = aψ xx +2bψ xy + cψ yy + dψ x + eψ y =0,<br />

and so<br />

u ββ − u α =0.<br />

III. Elliptic Case: Assume that D = b 2 − ac < 0. For this case we choose to proceed<br />

in a purely formal fashion. This problem turns out to be rather messy and lengthy<br />

to carry out in detail. For a detailed treatment we refer to the text by Garabedian<br />

[6]. In particular, we will assume that a, b and c are analytic functions near the<br />

point in question (x 0 ,y 0 ). This can be avoided but not without great difficulty. The<br />

characteristic equation (6.3.18) factors in this case into<br />

a<br />

(<br />

v x −<br />

[ −b + i<br />

√<br />

ac − b<br />

2<br />

a<br />

]<br />

v y<br />

)(<br />

v x −<br />

[ √ ] )<br />

−b − i ac − b<br />

2<br />

v y =0.<br />

a<br />

We seek a solution of the characteristic equation solving, for example,<br />

( [ √ ] )<br />

−b + i ac − b<br />

2<br />

v x −<br />

v y =0.<br />

a<br />

Let us suppose that we find z(x, y) =ϕ(x, y)+iψ(x, y) so that<br />

Note that in the present case we must have ac < 0 which means that a and c have the<br />

same sign and are not zero. We seek a holomorphic function ϕ = ϕ 1 + iϕ 2 such that<br />

aϕ x +<br />

(b + i √ )<br />

ac − b 2 ϕ y =0,

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