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# Global solutions to quasilinear wave equations in homogeneous waveguides with Neumann boundary conditions

• This article focuses on proving global existence for quasilinear wave equations with small initial data in homogeneous waveguides with infinite base of dimensions $n\geq 4$. The key estimate is a localized energy estimate for a perturbed wave equation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35L70, 35L20.

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