
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