The operator $L_0:D_{L_0}\subset H\to H$, $L_{0}u=\frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}\left\{r\frac{d}{dr}\left[\frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}\left(r\frac{du}{dr}\right)\right]\right\}$, $D_{L_0}=\{u\in C^4\left([0,R]\right),u^{\text{'}}\left(0\right)=u^{\text{'}\text{'}\text{'}\text{'}}\left(0\right)=0,u\left(R\right)=u^{\text{'}}\left(R\right)=0\}$, $H=L_{2,r}(0,R)$ is shown to be essentially self-adjoint, positive definite with a compact resolvent. The conditions on $L_0$ (in fact, on a general symmetric operator) are given so as to justify the application of the Fourier method for solving the problems of the types $L_{0}u=g$ and $u_{tt}+L_{0}u=g$, respectively.

We construct Almansi decompositions for a class of differential operators, which include powers of the classical Laplace operator, heat operator, and wave operator. The decomposition is given in a constructive way.

We consider a nonlinear Laplace equation Δu = f(x,u) in two variables. Following the methods of B. Braaksma [Br] and J. Ecalle used for some nonlinear ordinary differential equations we construct first a formal power series solution and then we prove the convergence of the series in the same class as the function f in x.

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the formal power series solutions to the initial value problem for the Burgers equation ${\partial }_{t}u-{\partial }_x²u={\partial }_x\left(u²\right)$ to be convergent or Borel summable.

Let $L(z,{\partial }_z)=({\partial }_{z_0}{)}^k-A(z,{\partial }_z)$ be a linear partial differential operator with holomorphic coefficients, where$$A(z,{\partial }_z)=\sum _{j=0}^{k-1}{A}_j(z,{\partial }_{z^{\text{'}}}\left)\right({\partial }_{z_0}{)}^j,\mathrm{ord}.A(z,{\partial }_z)=m\>k$$and$$z=(z_0,z^{\text{'}})\in C^{n+1}.$$We consider Cauchy problem with holomorphic data$$L(z,{\partial }_z)u\left(z\right)=f\left(z\right),\left({\partial }_{z_0}{)}^{i}u\right(0,z^{\text{'}})={\widehat{u}}_i(z^{\text{'}}\left)\right(0\le i\le k-1).$$We can easily get a formal solution $\widehat{u}\left(z\right)={\sum }_{n=0}^{\infty }{\widehat{u}}_n(z^{\text{'}}\left)\right(z_0{)}^n/n!$, bu in general it diverges. We show under some conditions that for any sector $S$ with the opening less that a constant determined by $L(z,{\partial }_z)$, there is a function $u_S\left(z\right)$ holomorphic except on $\{z_0=0\}$ such that $L(z,{\partial }_z)u_S\left(z\right)=f\left(z\right)$ and $u_S\left(z\right)\sim \widehat{u}\left(z\right)$ as $z_0\to 0$ in $S$.