%0 Journal Article %T On the existence or the absence of global solutions of the Cauchy characteristic problem for some nonlinear hyperbolic equations %A Kharibegashvili S %J Boundary Value Problems %D 2005 %I Springer %X For wave equations with power nonlinearity we investigate the problem of the existence or nonexistence of global solutions of the Cauchy characteristic problem in the light cone of the future. %U http://www.boundaryvalueproblems.com/content/2005/576352