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Conway, E., Smoller, J. Uniqueness and stability theorem for the generalized solution of the initial-value problem for a class of quasi-linear equations in several space variables. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 23, 399–408 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276782
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