The threshold of effective damping for semilinear wave equations

In this paper, we obtain the global existence of small data solutions to the Cauchy problem in space dimension n ≥ 1, for p > 1 + 2 ∕ n, where μ is sufficiently large. We obtain estimates for the solution and its energy with the same decay rate of the linear problem. In particular, for μ ≥ 2 + n, the damping term is effective with respect to the L¹ ? L² low‐frequency estimates for the solution and its energy. In this case, we may prove global existence in any space dimension n ≥ 3, by assuming smallness of the initial data in some weighted energy space. In space dimension n = 1,2, we only assume smallness of the data in some Sobolev spaces, and we introduce an approach based on fractional Sobolev embedding to improve the threshold for global existence to μ ≥ 5 ∕ 3 in space dimension n = 1 and to μ ≥ 3 in space dimension n = 2. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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.     

Existence and uniqueness of positive solutions of semilinear elliptic equations

This paper is devoted to the study of existence,uniqueness and non-degeneracy of positive solutions of semi-linear elliptic equations.A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of positive solutions to problems is given.We prove that if the uniqueness and non-degeneracy results are valid for positive solutions of a class of semi-linear elliptic equations,then they are still valid when one perturbs the differential operator a little bit.As consequences,some uniqueness results of positive solutions under the domain perturbation are also obtained.     

A blow-up theorem for a discrete semilinear wave equation

In this paper, a discretization of a semilinear wave equation whose nonlinear term is a power function is investigated. It is shown that, when a condition on the initial value problem, similar to that governing the existence of blow-up solutions for the original continuous equation is met, the newly introduced difference equation has blow-up solutions with characteristics corresponding to those of the blow-up solutions for the original equation.     

Strong solutions for semilinear wave equations with damping and source terms

This article deals with local existence of strong solutions for semilinear wave equations with power-like interior damping and source terms. A long-standing restriction on the range of exponents for the two nonlinearities governs the literature on wellposedness of weak solutions of finite energy. We show that this restriction may be eliminated for the existence of higher regularity solutions by employing natural methods that use the physics of the problem. This approach applies to the Cauchy problem posed on the entire ? ⁿ as well as for initial boundary problems with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions.     

ADIABATIC INVARIANTS OF SLOWLY VARYING THREE－DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND EXISTENCE OF INVARIANT TORI OF LOTKA－VOLTERRA EQUATION

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Large time behavior of solutions to semilinear systems of wave equations

This paper is concerned with the initial value problem for semilinear systems of wave equations. First we show a global existence result for small amplitude solutions to the systems. Then we study asymptotic behavior of the global solution. We underline that ``modified' free profiles are obtained for all global solutions to the systems even in the case where the free profile might not exist. Moreover, we prove non–existence of any free profiles for the global solution in some cases where the effect of the nonlinearity is strong enough. The first author was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Science Research (14740114), JSPS.     

Two dimensional exterior mixed problem for semilinear damped wave equations

We consider two dimensional exterior mixed problems for a semilinear damped wave equation with a power type nonlinearity p|u|. For compactly supported initial data, which have a small energy we shall derive global in time existence results in the case when the power of the nonlinearity satisfies 2<p<+∞. This generalizes a previous result of [J. Differential Equations 200 (2004) 53-68], which dealt with a radially symmetric solution.     

Decay rates for semilinear wave equations with vanishing damping and Neumann boundary conditions

The paper is concerned with the semilinear wave equations with time‐dependent damping γ(t)=α/(1+t)  (α>0), under the effect of nonlinear source f behaving like a polynomial, and subject to Neumann boundary conditions. Constructing appropriate auxiliary functions, we obtain an explicit uniform decay rate estimate for the solutions of the equation in terms of the exponent of f, when α is large enough. On the other hand, via a new hyperbolic version of Dirichlet quotients, we show that the upper estimate is optimal in some case, which implies the existence of slow solutions.     

Blow up of critical semilinear wave equations on Schwarzschild spacetime

In this paper, we established the blow up theorem for critical semilinear wave equations with focusing nonlinear term on Schwarzschild spacetime. Concavity method is used to prove the main result, which was introduced by Levine–Payne in the papers Levine and Payne (1974)  and  and Levine (1973) [7] in 1970s. Also, a new auxiliary function with parameter β$\beta$ is constructed following the idea from Payne (1975) [13], in order to guarantee that the result holds without any assumption on the initial data and initial energy.     

Finite difference schemes for the two‐dimensional semilinear wave equation

In this article, two finite difference schemes for solving the semilinear wave equation are proposed. The unique solvability and the stability are discussed. The second‐order accuracy convergence in both time and space in the discrete H¹‐norm for the two proposed difference schemes is proved. Numerical experiments are performed to support our theoretical results.     

Global existence of solutions for 2‐D semilinear wave equations with dissipation localized near infinity in an exterior domain

We shall derive some global existence results to semilinear wave equations with a damping coefficient localized near infinity for very special initial data in H×L². This problem is dealt with in the two‐dimensional exterior domain with a star‐shaped complement. In our result, a power p on the non‐linear term |u|^p is strictly larger than the two‐dimensional Fujita‐exponent. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A global existence result for a semilinear scale‐invariant wave equation in even dimension

In the present article a, semilinear scale‐invariant wave equation with damping and mass is considered. The global (in time) existence of radial symmetric solutions in even spatial dimension n is proved by using weighted L^∞ ? L^∞ estimates, under the assumption that the multiplicative constants, which appear in the coefficients of damping and of mass terms, fulfill an interplay condition, which yields somehow a “wave‐like” model. In particular, combining this existence result with a recently proved blow‐up result, a suitable shift of Strauss exponent is proved to be the critical exponent for the considered model. Moreover, the still open part of a conjecture done by D'Abbicco‐Lucente‐Reissig is proved to be true in the massless case.     

Blow-up of solutions to semilinear wave equations with variable coefficients and boundary

This paper is devoted to studying initial-boundary value problems for semilinear wave equations and derivative semilinear wave equations with variable coefficients on exterior domain with subcritical exponents in n space dimensions. We will establish blow-up results for the initial-boundary value problems. It is proved that there can be no global solutions no matter how small the initial data are, and also we give the life span estimate of solutions for the problems.     

Conservation laws and symmetries of semilinear radial wave equations

Classifications of symmetries and conservation laws are presented for a variety of physically and analytically interesting wave equations with power nonlinearities in n spatial dimensions: a radial hyperbolic equation, a radial Schrödinger equation and its derivative variant, and two proposed radial generalizations of modified Korteweg-de Vries equations, as well as Hamiltonian variants. The mains results classify all admitted local point symmetries and all admitted local conserved densities depending on up to first order spatial derivatives, including any that exist only for special powers or dimensions. All such cases for which these wave equations admit, in particular, dilational energies or conformal energies and inversion symmetries are determined. In addition, potential systems arising from the classified conservation laws are used to determine nonlocal symmetries and nonlocal conserved quantities admitted by these equations. As illustrative applications, a discussion is given of energy norms, conserved Hs norms, critical powers for blow-up solutions, and one-dimensional optimal symmetry groups for invariant solutions.