On the well-posedness of weakly hyperbolic equations with time-dependent coefficients

In this paper we analyse the Gevrey well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for weakly hyperbolic equations of general form with time-dependent coefficients. The results involve the order of lower order terms and the number of multiple roots. We also derive the corresponding well-posedness results in the space of Gevrey Beurling ultradistributions.     

On the Cauchy problem for non-effectively hyperbolic operators,the Gevrey 5 well-posedness

In this paper, we prove that for non-effectively hyperbolic operators with smooth double characteristics exhibiting a Jordan block of size 4 on the double manifold, the Cauchy problem is well-posed in the Gevrey 5 class, beyond the generic Gevrey class 2 (see, e.g., [5]). Moreover, we show that this value is optimal, due to certain geometric constraints on the Hamiltonian flow of the principal symbol. These results, together with results already proved, give a complete picture of the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem around hyperbolic double characteristics.     

On the periodic KdV equation in weighted Sobolev spaces

We prove well-posedness results for the initial value problem of the periodic KdV equation as well as Kam type results in classes of high regularity solutions. More precisely, we consider the problem in weighted Sobolev spaces, which comprise classical Sobolev spaces, Gevrey spaces, and analytic spaces. We show that the initial value problem is well posed in all spaces with subexponential decay of Fourier coefficients, and ‘almost well posed’ in spaces with exponential decay of Fourier coefficients.     

Almost global well-posedness of Kirchhoff equation with Gevrey data

The aim of this note is to present the almost global well-posedness result for the Cauchy problem for the Kirchhoff equation with large data in Gevrey spaces. We also briefly discuss the corresponding results in bounded and in exterior domains.     

Energy estimate and fundamental solution for degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems

The aim of this paper is to give an uniform approach to different kinds of degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems. We prove that a weakly hyperbolic equation, satisfying an intermediate condition between effective hyperbolicity and the C^∞ Levi condition, and a strictly hyperbolic equation with non-regular coefficients with respect to the time variable can be reduced to first-order systems of the same type. For such a kind of systems, we prove an energy estimate in Sobolev spaces (with a loss of derivatives) which gives the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in C^∞. In the strictly hyperbolic case, we also construct the fundamental solution and we describe the propagation of the space singularities of the solution which is influenced by the non-regularity of the coefficients with respect to the time variable.     

On weakly hyperbolic operators with non-regular coefficients and finite order degeneration

We prove that the Cauchy problem for a class of weakly hyperbolic equations satisfying a condition of finite order degeneration and having non-Lipschitz-continuous coefficients is well-posed in Gevrey spaces.     

Gevrey空间中抽象柯西-柯瓦列夫斯卡娅定理:能量方法

本文研究了非线性柯西问题的适定性问题.利用经典的能量法和抽象柯西-柯瓦列夫斯卡娅定理,得到非线性柯西问题在Gevrey空间中是适定的.推广了已有文献在非线性柯西问题适定性方面的研究.     

Well-posedness of the analytic Cauchy problem in classes of entire functions of finite order

We study the Cauchy problem for a system of complex linear differential equations in scales of spaces of functions of exponential type with an integral metric. Conditions under which this problem is well posed are obtained. These sufficient conditions are shown to be also necessary for the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in the case of systems of ordinary differential equations with a parameter.     

Some problems for multidimensional integro-differential equations of hyperbolic type

We prove the well-posedness of the Cauchy, Goursat, and Darboux problems for multidimensional in-tegro-differential equations of the hyperbolic type encountered in biology.     

Weakly hyperbolic equations with non-analytic coefficients and lower order terms

In this paper we consider weakly hyperbolic equations of higher orders in arbitrary dimensions with time-dependent coefficients and lower order terms. We prove the Gevrey well-posedness of the Cauchy problem under $C^k$ -regularity of coefficients of the principal part and natural Levi conditions on lower order terms which may be only continuous. In the case of analytic coefficients in the principal part we establish the $C^\infty $ well-posedness. The proofs are based on using the quasi-symmetriser for the corresponding companion system and inductions on the order of equation and on the frequency regions. The main novelty compared to the existing literature is the possibility to include lower order terms to the equation (which have been untreatable until now in these problems) as well as considering any space dimensions. We also give results on the ultradistributional and distributional well-posedness of the problem, and we look at new effects for equations with discontinuous lower order terms.     

The cauchy problem for a class of evolution systems of the parabolic type with unbounded coefficients

For a class of evolution systems of the parabolic type with unbounded coefficients, we study the properties of the fundamental solution matrices and establish the well-posed solvability of the Cauchy problem for these systems in spaces of distributions similar to Gevrey ultradistributions. For a subclass of such systems, we describe the maximal classes of well-posed solvability of the Cauchy problem.     

Irregularities of semilinear hyperbolic equations

We consider local solvability of semilinear hyperbolic Cauchy problems for Gevrey functions. To obtain a general result, we define the notion of irregularities, and we give a criterion for the local solvability. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

单边算子有界性和KdV型色散方程的适定性研究

数学和物理中许多重要问题均可归结为算子在某些函数空间中的有界性质.奇异积分算子有界性质的研究是调和分析理论的核心课题之一,由此发展起来的各种方法和技巧已广泛应用于偏微分方程的研究.借助奇异积分算子在Lebesgue空间或Morrey型空间中建立的时空估计和半群理论,可以得到非线性色散方程在低阶Sobolev空间中Cauchy问题的适定性.本文首次定义一类单边振荡奇异积分算子并研究该类算子的经典加权有界性质.受经典交换子刻画理论的启发,本文首次引入Morrey空间的交换子刻画理论.利用不同于常规极大函数的方法得到两类象征函数在Morrey空间中的交换子刻画.以上结果为偏微分方程的研究提供了新的工具.最后,结合能量方法和数论知识,本文解决几类KdV型色散方程的适定性问题.     

Edge Sobolev spaces and weakly hyperbolic equations

Summary. Edge Sobolev spaces are proposed as a main new tool for the investigation of weakly hyperbolic equations. The well-posedness of the linear and semilinear Cauchy problem in the class of these edge Sobolev spaces is proved. An application to the propagation of singularities for solutions to the semilinear problem is considered. Received: October 3, 2000 Published online: December 19, 2001     

Systèmes hyperboliques d'équations aux dérivées partielles linéaires : régularité L2loc et matrices diagonalisables

The well-posedness of a Cauchy problem issue from an hyperbolic linear system is linked to the spectral properties of a real matrix pencil. It is known that such a problem is well posed in L² if and only if the imaginary exponential of the pencil is bounded. We give a condition to have a bounded exponential when the eigenvalues don't have the same multiplicities. For pencils spanned by two 3×3 matrices, we prove that the exponential is bounded if and only if the pencil is analytically diagonable.     

A solvability result for a nonlinear weakly hyperbolic equation of second order

In this article we study the well-posedness of the initial value problem for quasi-linear weakly hyperbolic equations of second order. We obtain a sufficient condition for the Cauchy problem to be locally solvable in the class of smooth function.     

Third order homogeneous weakly hyperbolic equations with nonanalytic coefficients

We consider the Cauchy problem for homogeneous linear third order weakly hyperbolic equations with time depending coefficients. We study the relation between the regularity of the coefficients and the Gevrey class in which the Cauchy problem is well-posed.     

On the Gevrey well posedness of the Cauchy problem for weakly hyperbolic equations of higher order

We shall consider the Cauchy problem for weakly hyperbolic equations of higher order with coefficients depending only on time. The regularities of the distinct characteristic roots and the multiple characteristic roots independently influence Gevrey well posedness of the Cauchy problem.     

Well-posedness of hyperbolic initial boundary value problems

Assuming that a hyperbolic initial boundary value problem satisfies an a priori energy estimate with a loss of one tangential derivative, we show a well-posedness result in the sense of Hadamard. The coefficients are assumed to have only finite smoothness in view of applications to nonlinear problems. This shows that the weak Lopatinskii condition is roughly sufficient to ensure well-posedness in appropriate functional spaces.     

On the Cauchy Problem for D t 2-D xa(t,x)D x in the Gevrey Class of Order s > 2

We study the Cauchy problem for second order hyperbolic equations with non negative characteristic form of two independent variables. We show that for such equations in divergence-free form, the Cauchy problem is well posed in the Gevrey class of order less than 5/2.