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In this paper we prove that if $u$ is a solution to second order hyperbolic equation $\partial^2_tu+a(x)\partial_tu-(div_x\left(A(x)\nabla_x u\right)+b(x)\cdot\nabla_x u+c(x)u)=0$ and $u$ is flat on a segment $\{x_0\}\times (-T,T)$ then $u$…
The main result of the present paper consists in a quantitative estimate of unique continuation at the boundary for solutions to the wave equation. Such estimate is the sharp quantitative counterpart of the following strong unique…
The focussing anisotropic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{align*} \mathrm{i} u_t-\partial_{xx} u + (-\partial_{yy})^s u=|u|^{p-2}u \quad \mbox{in}\ \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^2 \end{align*} is considered for $0<s<1$ and $p>2$.…
Relying on the analysis of characteristics, we prove the uniqueness of conservative solutions to the variational wave equation $u_{tt}-c(u) (c(u)u_x)_x=0$. Given a solution $u(t,x)$, even if the wave speed $c(u)$ is only H\"older continuous…
We consider the large time behavior of solutions to the following nonlinear wave equation: $\partial_{t}^2 u = c(u)^{2}\partial^2_x u + \lambda c(u)c'(u)(\partial_x u)^2$ with the parameter $\lambda \in [0,2]$. If $c(u(0,x))$ is bounded…
For the nonlinear wave equation $u_{tt} - c(u)\big(c(u) u_x\big)_x~=~0$, it is well known that solutions can develop singularities in finite time. For an open dense set of initial data, the present paper provides a detailed asymptotic…
We show that if a solution to the water wave equation, for an arbitrary short time interval, is flat on an open set and the horizontal fluid velocity at the surface is zero on the same open set, then the wave must vanish everywhere for all…
We establish near-optimal quantitative uniqueness of continuation for solutions of evolution equations vanishing on the lateral boundary. These results were obtained simply by combining existing observability inequalities and energy…
We investigate the quantitative unique continuation properties of solutions to second-order elliptic equations with lower-order terms. In particular, we establish quantitative forms of the strong unique continuation property for solutions…
In this paper we derive quantitative uniqueness estimates at infinity for solutions to an elliptic equation with unbounded drift in the plane. More precisely, let $u$ be a real solution to $\Delta u+W\cdot\nabla u=0$ in ${\mathbf R}^2$,…
In this paper, we focus on the quantitative unique continuation property of solutions to \begin{equation*} \Delta^2u=Vu, \end{equation*} where $V\in W^{1,\infty}$. We show that the maximal vanishing order of the solutions is not large than…
These notes are intended as an introduction to the question of unique continuation for the wave operator, and some of its applications. The general question is whether a solution to a wave equation in a domain, vanishing on a subdomain has…
In this article, we study the quantitative uniqueness of solutions to second order elliptic equations with singular lower order terms. We quantify the strong unique continuation property by estimating the maximal vanishing order of…
We consider the quantitative uniqueness properties for a parabolic type equation $ u_t-\Delta u = w(x,t) \nabla u + v(x,t) u$, when $v \in L^{p_2}_{t} L^{p_1}_x$ and $w \in L^{q_2}_{t} L^{q_1}_x$, with a suitable range for exponents $p_1$,…
We consider nonnegative solutions of the quasilinear heat equation $\partial_t u = \tfrac{1}{2} u \partial_x^2 u$ in one dimension. Our solutions may vanish and may be unbounded. The equation is then degenerate, and weak solutions are…
In the present paper, the reducibility is derived for the wave equations with finitely smooth and time-quasi-periodic potential subjects to periodic boundary conditions. More exactly, the linear wave equation $u_{tt}-u_{xx}+Mu+\varepsilon…
This paper is concerned with weighted energy estimates for solutions to wave equation $\partial_t^2u-\Delta u + a(x)\partial_tu=0$ with space-dependent damping term $a(x)=|x|^{-\alpha}$ $(\alpha\in [0,1))$ in an exterior domain $\Omega$…
We study the Cauchy problem for the quasilinear wave equation $ \partial^2 _t u = u^{2a} \partial^2_x u + F(u) u_x $ with $a \geq 0$ and show a result for the local in time existence under new conditions. In the previous results, it is…
This paper investigates the unique continuation properties of solutions of the electromagnetic Schr\"{o}dinger equation $$ i\partial_{t}u(x,t)+(\nabla-i A)^{2}u(x,t)=V(x,t)u(x,t)\,\,\,\, \mbox{in} \,\,\,\mathbb{R}^{n}\times [0,1], $$ where…
We obtain global Strichartz estimates for the solution $u$ of the wave equation $\partial_t^2 u-\Div_x(a(t,x)\nabla_xu)=0$ with time-periodic metric $a(t,x)$ equal to 1 outside a compact set with respect to $x$. We assume $a(t,x)$ is a…