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The Cauchy problem is studied for systems of quasi-linear wave equations with multiple speeds in two space dimensions. Using the method of Klainerman and Sideris together with the localized energy estimate, we give an alternative proof of a…

We consider the Cauchy problem for the defocusing power type nonlinear wave equation in $(1+3)$-dimensions for energy subcritical powers $p$ in the range $3 < p< 5$. We prove that any solution is global-in-time and scatters to free waves in…

By introducing a class of new function spaces $B^{\sigma,s}_{p,q}$ as the resolution spaces, we study the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation (NLKG) in all spatial dimensions $d \geqslant 1$, $$ \partial^2_t u + u- \Delta…

This article concerns the Cauchy problem for the gravity-capillary water waves system in general dimensions. We establish local well-posedness for initial data in $H^s$, with $s > \frac{d}{2} + 2 - \mu$, with $\mu = \frac{3}{14}$ and $\mu =…

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for a non-homogeneous wave equation generated by the fractional Laplacian and involving different kinds of lower order terms. We allow the equation coefficients and data to be of distributional…

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem for the four-wave kinetic equation describing the weak turbulence of gravity water waves. The mathematical challenges of this analysis stem primarily from two interrelated aspects: (1) the extreme…

Let $(u,v)$ be a solution to the Cauchy problem for a semilinear parabolic system \[ \mathrm{(P)} \qquad \cases{ \partial_t u=D_1\Delta u+v^p\quad & $\quad\mbox{in}\quad{\mathbb{R}}^N\times(0,T),$\\ \partial_t v=D_2\Delta v+u^q\quad &…

For 2 + 1 dimensional wave maps with $\mathbb{S}^2$ as the target, we show that for all positive numbers $T_0 > 0$ and $E_0 > 0$, there exist Cauchy initial data with energy at least $E_0$, so that the solution's life-span is at least…

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 establish the existence of weak solutions $u$ of the semilinear wave equation $\partial_t^2 u-\textrm{div}_x(a(t,x)\nabla_xu)=f_k(u)$ where $a(t,x)$ is equal to $1$ outside a compact set with respect to $x$ and a non-linear term $f_k$…

We study the Cauchy problem of the damped wave equation \begin{align*} \partial_{t}^2 u - \Delta u + \partial_t u = 0 \end{align*} and give sharp $L^p$-$L^q$ estimates of the solution for $1\le q \le p < \infty\ (p\neq 1)$ with derivative…

This paper is concerned with the Riemann problem of one-dimensional Euler equations with a singular source. The exact solution of this Riemann problem contains a stationary discontinuity induced by the singular source, which is different…

For the radial energy-supercritical nonlinear wave equation $$\Box u = -u_{tt} + \triangle u = \pm u^7$$ on $\R^{3+1}$, we prove the existence of a class of global in forward time $C^\infty$-smooth solutions with infinite critical Sobolev…

We study the continuous model of the localized wave propagation corresponding to the one-dimensional diatomic crystal lattice. From the mathematical point of view the problem can be described in terms of the Cauchy problem with localized…

In this note, we show that the solution to the Dirichlet problem for the minimal surface system in any codimension is unique in the space of distance-decreasing maps. This follows as a corollary of the following stability theorem: if a…

Given a connected Riemannian manifold $\mathcal{N}$, an \(m\)--dimensional Riemannian manifold $\mathcal{M}$ which is either compact or the Euclidean space, $p\in [1, +\infty)$ and $s\in (0,1]$, we establish, for the problems of…

In this paper we describe the propagation of smooth (C^\infty) and Sobolev singularities for the wave equation on smooth manifolds with corners M equipped with a Riemannian metric g. That is, for X=MxR, P=D_t^2-\Delta_M, and u locally in…

We prove the small-data global existence for the wave-map equation on $\mathbb{R}^{1,2}$ using a variant of the vector field method. The main innovations lie in the introduction of two new linear estimates. First is the control of the…

The Whitham equation is a nonlocal shallow water-wave model which combines the quadratic nonlinearity of the KdV equation with the linear dispersion of the full water wave problem. Whitham conjectured the existence of a highest, cusped,…

We are concerned with the stability of steady multi-wave configurations for the full Euler equations of compressible fluid flow. In this paper, we focus on the stability of steady four-wave configurations that are the solutions of the…