We consider the wave maps problem with domain R2+1 and target S2 in the 1-equivariant, topological degree one setting. In this setting, we recall that the soliton is a harmonic map from R2 to S2, with polar angle equal to Q1(r)=2arctan(r). By applying the scaling symmetry of the equation, Qλ(r)=Q1(rλ) is also a harmonic map, and the family of all such Qλ are the unique minimizers of the harmonic map energy among finite energy, 1-equivariant, topological degree one maps. In this work, we construct infinite time blowup solutions along the Qλ family. More precisely, for b>0, and for all λ0,0,b∈C∞([100,∞)) satisfying, for some Cl,Cm,k>0, logb(t)Cl≤λ0,0,b(t)≤logb(t)Cm,∣λ0,0,b(k)(t)∣≤tklogb+1(t)Cm,k,k≥1t≥100 there exists a wave map with the following properties. If ub denotes the polar angle of the wave map into S2, we have ub(t,r)=Qλb(t)1(r)+v2(t,r)+ve(t,r),t≥T0 where −∂ttv2+∂rrv2+r1∂rv2−r2v2=0∣∣∂t(Qλb(t)1+ve)∣∣L2(rdr)2+∣∣rve∣∣L2(rdr)2+∣∣∂rve∣∣L2(rdr)2≤t2log2b(t)C,t≥T0 and λb(t)=λ0,0,b(t)+O(logb(t)log(log(t))1)
@article{arxiv.1905.00167,
title = {Infinite time blow-up solutions to the energy critical wave maps equation},
author = {Mohandas Pillai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.00167},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
This is the version accepted for publication. No major changes relative to v2