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A uniqueness result for Kirchhoff equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinear term

Analysis of PDEs 2008-07-10 v1

Abstract

We consider the second order Cauchy problem u+\muAu=0,u(0)=u0,u(0)=u1,u''+\m{u}Au=0, u(0)=u_{0}, u'(0)=u_{1}, where m:[0,+)[0,+)m:[0,+\infty)\to[0,+\infty) is a continuous function, and AA is a self-adjoint nonnegative operator with dense domain on a Hilbert space. It is well known that this problem admits local-in-time solutions provided that u0u_{0} and u1u_{1} are regular enough, depending on the continuity modulus of mm. It is also well known that the solution is unique when mm is locally Lipschitz continuous. In this paper we prove that if either <Au0,u1>0<Au_{0},u_{1}>\neq 0, or A1/2u12\mu0Au02|A^{1/2}u_{1}|^{2}\neq\m{u_{0}}|Au_{0}|^{2}, then the local solution is unique even if mm is not Lipschitz continuous.

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@article{arxiv.0807.1411,
  title  = {A uniqueness result for Kirchhoff equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinear term},
  author = {Marina Ghisi and Massimo Gobbino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1411},
  year   = {2008}
}

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15 pages

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