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Time decay estimates for the wave equation with potential in dimension two

Analysis of PDEs 2014-09-25 v4

Abstract

We study the wave equation with potential uttΔu+Vu=0u_{tt}-\Delta u+Vu=0 in two spatial dimensions, with VV a real-valued, decaying potential. With H=Δ+VH=-\Delta+V, we study a variety of mapping estimates of the solution operators, cos(tH)\cos(t\sqrt{H}) and sin(tH)H\frac{\sin(t\sqrt{H})}{\sqrt{H}} under the assumption that zero is a regular point of the spectrum of HH. We prove a dispersive estimate with a time decay rate of t12|t|^{-\frac{1}{2}}, a polynomially weighted dispersive estimate which attains a faster decay rate of t1(logt)2|t|^{-1}(\log |t|)^{-2} for t>2|t|>2. Finally, we prove dispersive estimates if zero is not a regular point of the spectrum of HH.

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@article{arxiv.1307.2219,
  title  = {Time decay estimates for the wave equation with potential in dimension two},
  author = {William R. Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2219},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Made changes according to referee suggestions and fixed typos to improve the exposition. Added more detail to the sections discussing the weighted dispersive bound and the bounds when zero is not regular

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