A decay estimate for a class of hyperbolic pseudo-differential equations
We consider the equation , where is a first order pseudo-differential operator with real symbol . Under a suitable convexity assumption on we find the decay properties for . These can be applied to the linear Maxwell system in anisotropic media and to the nonlinear Cauchy Problem , . If is a smooth function which satisfies near , and is small in suitably Sobolev norm, we prove global existence theorems provided is greater than a critical exponent.