In this paper we consider the following Cauchy problem for systems of quasilinear hyperbolic equation of the formwhere m,n >1,μ(x) is a non-negative finite Borel measure in R≡(-∞, +∞), v(y)∈L∞(R)∩C1(R).Clearly,the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) has no classical solution in the general,Therefore we consider its BV solutions.Our main results are the following theorems.Theorem 1.(Existence) Let 1 < n < m + 1, (?) dμ= M; v(y) > 0,v′(y)≥0,(?)y∈R,(?)ωλ(y)v′(y)dy = M1, (?)ωλ(y)v(y)dy = M2,ωλ(y) = exp{-λ(?)},(?)λ> 0,M1,M2 are positive constants aboutλ,then the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) has a solution.Theorem 2.(Uniqueness) Let 1 < n < m + 1, (?) dμ=M; v(y) > 0,v′(y)≥0,(?)y∈R,(?)ωλ(y)v'(y)dy = M1, (?)ωλ(y)v(y)dy = M2,ωλ(y) = exp{-λ(?)},(?)λ> 0,M1,M2 arepositive constants aboutλ,then the solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) is unique.In this paper,we consider the following definition.Definition 1:A nonnegative function u :Q→[0, +∞) is said to be a solution of (1.1),if u satisfies the following conditions [A] and [B]: [A] :For any 0 <τ< T < +∞, (?)R∈(0, +∞),we have [B] :For anyφ∈C0∞(Q),andφ≥0,,we haveDefinition 2: A nonnegative function u :Q→[0, +∞) is said to be a solution of (1.1)-(1.2), if u is a solution of (1.1), and satisfies the initial conditions (1.2) in the sense of the distribution:At first we consider the regularized problemwhereand JεsatisfyAndμε(x), v(y) satisfy the following conditions:με(x)≥0, v(y) >0,v′(y)≥0,Where,M2 is a positive constant aboutλ. From [2], above problem has a solutionμε∈L∞(Q). At First,we haveIn order to obtain the theorem 1,we prove the following propositions.Proposition 1. Let uεbe a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then we havewhere,γ> 0 is a constant only about m.Proposition 2. Let uε∈L∞(Q) be a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then we have∫∫R2uε(x,y,t)ωλ(y)dxdy+∫∫∫Q (?)uεn/(?)yωλ(y)dxdydτ=∫∫R2με(x)v(y)ωλ(y)dxdy≤MM2a.e. t∈(0,+∞),∫Rμε(x)dx≤∫Rdμ=M,∫Rv(y)ωλ(y)dy=M2,,where,M2 is apositive constant aboutλ.Proposition 3. Let uεbe a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then we haveWhere, M1,M2 are positive constants aboutλ.Proposition 4. Let uεbe a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then wehaveProposition 5. Let uεbe a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then we haveWhere,M2 is a positive constant aboutλ. Proposition 6. Let uεbe a solution of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.Then we haveWhere, M2 is a positive constant aboutλ.In order to obtain the theorem 2,we prove the following lemmas.Lemma 1. Let u1,u2 be two solutions of the Cauchy problem (1.1)-(1.2) in Q.ifThen for a.e. (x, y, t)∈Q,we have u1(x, y, t) = u2(x, y, t).Lemma 2. Let∑be the set of solutions of (1.1)-(1.2).Letχ(x)∈C0∞(R),satisfying 0≤χ(x)≤1, w be a solution of (1.1).It satisfies the following initial condition.w(x,y,0) =χ(x)μ(x)v(y) For any (x, y)∈R2,if u∈∑, thenw(x,y,t)≤u(x,y,t),for a.e. (x,y,t)∈Q.Lemma 3. Let u∈∑,then for a.e.(x, y, t)∈Q,we haveLemma 4. Let u be a solution of (1.1)-(1.2), then we havefor a.e. t∈(0, +∞).Where, M2 is a positive constant aboutλ.Lemma 5. Let u be a solution of (1.1)-(1.2), then we havefor a.e. t∈(0, +∞), (?)R>0,where,ε(R) =(?)ωλ(y)v(y)dμdy. |