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Optimal decay rate for the wave equation on a square with constant damping on a strip

Mathematical Physics 2017-03-03 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider the damped wave equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions on the unit square. We assume the damping to be a characteristic function of a strip. We prove the exact t4/3t^{-4/3}-decay rate for the energy of classical solutions. This answers a question of Anantharaman and L\'eautaud (2014).

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@article{arxiv.1607.03633,
  title  = {Optimal decay rate for the wave equation on a square with constant damping on a strip},
  author = {Reinhard Stahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.03633},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

10 pages. In version 2 we corrected a minor mistake in the formulation of Theorem 1. A slightly extended and revised version of the paper will be published in the "Zeitschrift f\"ur angewandte Mathematik und Physik" in April 2017 (online 15th of February)