Ill-posedness for one-dimensional wave maps at the critical regularity

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-463

  Tao, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034195626     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.2000.0023     Document Type: Article

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