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Method of characteristics for higher order PDEs in more than two variables

I am trying to understand the mathod of characteristics for solving partial differential equations. However, all the examples I found over the internet are for first order PDEs or for second order ...
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Asymptotic behavior of the solution of the high degree differential equation $(x^{2n}y^{(n)})^{(n)}-x^2y=\lambda \; y$

The following differential equation has two independent solutions, one of the two is decreasing exponentially at infinity (k-Bessel function). $$(x^2y')'-x^2y=\lambda \;y$$ Now for a higher-degree ...
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