Global Regularity for General Non-Linear Wave Equations I. (6+1) and Higher Dimensions

Abstract

We solve here the so called division problem for wave equations with generic quadratic non-linearities in high dimensions. Specifically, we show that semilinear wave equations which can be written as systems involving quadratic derivative non-linearities are globally well posed in (6+1) and higher dimensions for all regularities greater than the scaling. This paper is the first in a series of works where we discuss the global regularity properties of general non-linear wave equations for all spatial dimensions greater than or equal to 4.

24 pages, 2 figures