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I describe a new algorithm for solving nonlinear wave equations. In this approach, evolution takes place on characteristic hypersurfaces. The algorithm is directly applicable to electromagnetic, Yang-Mills and gravitational fields and other…

This paper studies the Cauchy problem for systems of semi-linear wave equations on $\mathbb{R}^{3+1}$ with nonlinear terms satisfying the null conditions. We construct future global-in-time classical solutions with arbitrarily large initial…

We prove the local well-posedness for a nonlinear equation modeling the evolution of the free surface for waves of moderate amplitude in the shallow water regime.

In accordance with the Keller-Maslov global WKB theory, a semiclassical scalar wave field is best encoded as a triple consisting of (i) a Lagrangian submanifold $\Lambda$ in the ray phase space, (ii) a density $\mu$ on $\Lambda$, and (iii)…

We study the Cauchy problem of the semilinear damped wave equation with polynomial nonlinearity, and establish the local and global existence of the solution for slowly decaying initial data not belonging to $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ in general.…

We consider a multi-dimensional scalar wave equation with memory corresponding to the viscoelastic material described by a generalized Zener model. We deduce that this relaxation system is an example of a non-strictly hyperbolic system…

In this paper we address the problem of wave dynamics in presence of concentrated nonlinearities. Given a vector field $V$ on an open subset of $\CO^n$ and a discrete set $Y\subset\RE^3$ with $n$ elements, we define a nonlinear operator…

We study the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear damped wave equation. Under suitable assumptions for the nonlinearity and the initial data, we obtain the global solution which satisfies weighted $L^1$ and $L^\infty$ estimates. Furthermore, we…

We consider non-autonomous wave equations \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} \&\ddot u(t) + \B(t)\dot u(t) + \A(t)u(t) = f(t) \quad t\text{-a.e.}\\ \&u(0)=u_0,\, \dot u(0) = u_1. \end{aligned} \right. \] where the operators $\A(t)$ and $\B(t)$ are…

We investigate a one-dimensional nonlinear wave system which arises from a variational principle modeling a type of cholesteric liquid crystals. The problem treated here is the Cauchy problem for the same wave speed case with initial data…

The author gives an alternative and simple proof of the global existence of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for wave maps from the 1+2-dimensional Minkowski space to an arbitrary compact smooth Riemannian manifold without boundary,…

A family of generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equations in one space dimension with a nonlinear source is considered. The purpose of this contribution is twofold. On one hand, the local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem on periodic…

We claim that changes of scales and fine-structure could increase from multisoliton behavior of internal waves dynamics and, further, in the so-called "wave mixing". We consider initial-boundary problems for Euler equations with a…

We prove local existence and uniqueness of the Cauchy problem for a large class of tensorial second order linear hyperbolic partial differential equations with coefficients of low regularity in a suitable class of generalized functions.

We analyse an algorithm of transition between Cauchy problems for second-order wave equations and first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems in case the coefficients as well as the data are non-smooth, even allowing for regularity below the…

Nonlinear hydroelastic waves along a compressed ice sheet lying on top of a two-dimensional fluid of infinite depth are investigated. Based on a Hamiltonian formulation of this problem and by applying techniques from Hamiltonian…

The main object of this paper is the planar wave equation \[\bigg(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2}-a^2\varDelta\bigg)U(x,t)=f(x,t),\quad t\ge0, x\in \mathbb {R}^2,\] with random source $f$. The latter is, in certain sense, a symmetric…

We consider the Cauchy problem for wave equations with unbounded damping coefficients in the whole space. For a general class of unbounded damping coefficients, we derive uniform total energy decay estimates together with a unique existence…

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The purpose of this note is to prove the existence of a conformal scattering operator for the cubic defocusing wave equation on a non-stationary background. The proof essentially relies on solving the characteristic initial value problem by…