Series solutions of a semilinear wave equation

We are concerned with the reconstruction of series solutions of a semilinear wave equation with a quadratic nonlinearity. The solution which may blow up in finite time is sought as a sum of exponential functions and is shown to be a classical one. The constructed solutions can be used to benchmark numerical methods used to approximate solutions of nonlinear equations.     

Bifurcation of periodic solutions for a semilinear wave equation

Bifurcation of time periodic solutions and their regularity are proved for a semilinear wave equation, u_tt?u_xx?λu=f(λ,x,u),x?(0,π), t?R, together with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions at x = 0 and x = π. The set of values of the real parameter λ where bifurcation from the trivial solution u = 0 occurs is dense in $\text{R}$.     

Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equation

We prove existence, uniqueness and regularity results for the global solutions of the semilinear wave equations. In particular, we show existence of regular self-similar solutions. Also, we build some finite-energy asymptotically self-similar solutions. Received: 20 September 1999; in final form: 10 May 2000 / Published online: 25 June 2001     

Strong stability and uniform decay of solutions to a wave equation with semilinear porous acoustic boundary conditions

We consider a wave equation with semilinear porous acoustic boundary conditions. This is a coupled system of second and first order in time partial differential equations, with possibly semilinear boundary conditions on the interface. The results obtained are (i) strong stability for the linear model, (ii) exponential decay rates for the energy of the linear model, and (iii) local exponential decay rates for the energy of the semilinear model. This work builds on a previous result showing generation of a well-posed dynamical system. The main tools used in the proofs are (i) the Stability Theorem of Arendt-Batty, (ii) energy methods used in the study of a wave equation with boundary damping, and (iii) an abstract result of I. Lasiecka applicable to hyperbolic-like systems with nonlinearly perturbed boundary conditions.     

Exponential decay of solutions of a nonlinearly damped wave equation

The issue of stablity of solutions to nonlinear wave equations has been addressed by many authors. So many results concerning energy decay have been established. Here in this paper we consider the following nonlinearly damped wave equation a, b > 0, in a bounded domain and show that, for suitably chosen initial data, the energy of the solution decays exponentially even if m > 2.     

Time decay of solutions of semilinear strongly damped generalized wave equations

We study the asymptotic behaviour in time of the solutions of dissipative perturbations of wave-type equations in ?^N, u_tt + Bu_t + Au + G(u) = 0, with commuting positive operators A, B and a power like non-linearity G(u). First we give some (pseudo) conformal invariants of the linear operator in the equation. This allows us to derive optimal decay rates for the solutions of the linearized problems. We then prove some decay estimates for the non-linear problems using the tools of scattering theory and the aforementioned conformal invariants.     

A Liouville-type theorem and the decay of radial solutions of a semilinear heat equation

We consider the semilinear parabolic equation _ut=Δu+u^p$u_t=\mathrm{\Delta }u+u^p$ on R^N${\mathbb{R}}^N$, where the power nonlinearity is subcritical. We first address the question of existence of entire solutions, that is, solutions defined for all x∈R^N$x\in {\mathbb{R}}^N$ and t∈R$t\in \mathbb{R}$. Our main result asserts that there are no positive radially symmetric bounded entire solutions. Then we consider radial solutions of the Cauchy problem. We show that if such a solution is global, that is, defined for all t?0$t?0$, then it necessarily converges to 0, as t→∞$t\to \infty$, uniformly with respect to x∈R^N$x\in {\mathbb{R}}^N$.     

Remarks on the decay of the local energy for semilinear wave equation

In this note, we prove the global well posedness and the local energy decay for semilinear wave equation with small data.     

Regularity of solutions on the global attractor for a semilinear damped wave equation

We consider attractors Aη, η∈[0,1], corresponding to a singularly perturbed damped wave equation

     

Periodic solutions of a semilinear variable coefficient wave equation under asymptotic nonresonance conditions

Science China Mathematics - We consider the periodic solutions of a semilinear variable coefficient wave equation arising from the forced vibrations of a nonhomogeneous string and the propagation...     

Self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equation with variable speed of propagation

We investigate the issue of existence of the self-similar solutions of the generalized Tricomi equation in the half-space where the equation is hyperbolic. We look for the self-similar solutions via the Cauchy problem. An integral transformation suggested in [K. Yagdjian, A note on the fundamental solution for the Tricomi-type equation in the hyperbolic domain, J. Differential Equations 206 (2004) 227-252] is used to represent solutions of the Cauchy problem for the linear Tricomi-type equation in terms of fundamental solutions of the classical wave equation. This representation allows us to prove decay estimates for the linear Tricomi-type equation with a source term. Obtained in [K. Yagdjian, The self-similar solutions of the Tricomi-type equations, Z. Angew. Math. Phys., in press, doi:10.1007/s00033-006-5099-2] estimates for the self-similar solutions of the linear Tricomi-type equation are the key tools to prove existence of the self-similar solutions.     

On positive solutions of a semilinear equation

A semilinear elliptic equation is considered in a domain with smooth boundary. The authors prove the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions of different types, singular at an inner point, subject to the Dirichlet boundary conditions. Bibliography: 13 titles. Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I., G. Petrovskogo. No. 18, pp. 157–169, 1995.