THE present paper will discuss some asymptotic properties of the dynamic variables and of the conservation laws in field theory, that correspond to fields with progressive singularities. The method which we shall adopt throughout is based on interpretation of all the equations in the sense of the theory of Schwartz distributions. In our case it is completely equivalent to a description of the field with the aid of weak solutions, though it possesses considerable technical advantages. As regards the equations discussed, we shall adopt the point of view of [1], namely, we shall consider the equations whose characteristic manifolds are described by the eikonal equation∗∗ ▪ Here A i are the electromagnetic potentials, c is the velocity of light, s the action, and e and m respectively the charge and mass of the particle described by (1). We shall consider below the second order hyperbolic equation in the scalar function W, describing certain types of meson, G σμ δ 2W gdx σδx μ = 0 (2) and the first order hyperbolic system, describing the spinor particles, γ σ δU δx σ = 0 , (3) where U is the four-component spinor and γ σ are the familiar Dirac matrices, satisfying the anticommutational relations γ i γ j + γ j γ i + γ j γ i = − 2 δ ij , γ 4 = I − g i γ i .
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