PageHeader : Funkcialaj Ekvacioj, 42 (1999) 129-155 Title : Global Solutions for 2~2 Hyperbolic Systems with Title : Linearly Degenerate Characteristics AuthorInfo : By AuthorInfo : De-xing KONG* and Mikio TSUJIT AuthorInfo : (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan) section : 1. Introduction section : 2. Main results section : 3. Proof of Theorem 2.1 and Theorem 2.2 section : 4. Proof of Theorem 2.3 and Theorem 2.4 section : 5. Apph.cations subsection : 5.1 System of isentropic gas in Eulerian respresentation subsection : 5.2 Born-Infeld equation of nonh.near electrodynamics subsection : 5.3 System of relativistic gas dynamics section : 6. Appendix section : References