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Finite propagation speed for solutions of the wave equation on metric graphs

Mathematical Physics 2011-06-07 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We provide a class of self-adjoint Laplace operators on metric graphs with the property that the solutions of the associated wave equation satisfy the finite propagation speed property. The proof uses energy methods, which are adaptions of corresponding methods for smooth manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1106.0817,
  title  = {Finite propagation speed for solutions of the wave equation on metric graphs},
  author = {Vadim Kostrykin and Jürgen Potthoff and Robert Schrader},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.0817},
  year   = {2011}
}

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24 pages, 1 figure