Multidimensional quasilinear first-order equations and multivalued solutions of the elliptic and hyperbolic equations

Abstract

We discuss an extension of the theory of multidimensional second-order equations of the elliptic and hyperbolic types related to multidimensional quasilinear autonomous first-order partial differential equations. Calculating the general integrals of these equations allows constructing exact solutions in the form of implicit functions. We establish a connection with hydrodynamic equations. We calculate the number of free functional parameters of the constructed solutions. We especially construct and analyze implicit solutions of the Laplace and d’Alembert equations in a coordinate space of arbitrary finite dimension. In particular, we construct generalized Penrose–Rindler solutions of the d’Alembert equation in 3+1 dimensions.