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In this paper we prove the blow-up theorem in the critical case for weakly coupled systems of semilinear wave equations in high dimensions. The upper bound of the lifespan of the solution is precisely clarified.
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On an example of the open nonlinear electrodynamic system - transverse non-homogeneous, isotropic, nonlinear (a Kerr-like dielectric nonlinearity) dielectric layer, the algorithms of solution of the diffraction problem of a plane wave on…
We obtain a class of elliptic wave solutions of coupled nonlinear Helmholtz (CNLH) equations describing nonparaxial ultra-broad beam propagation in nonlinear Kerr-like media, in terms of the Jacobi elliptic functions and also discuss their…
An improvement of [18] on the blow-up region and the lifespan estimate of a weakly coupled system of wave equations with damping and mass in the scale-invariant case and with time-derivative nonlinearity is obtained in this article. Indeed,…
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We consider the wave equation with a focusing cubic nonlinearity in higher odd space dimensions without symmetry restrictions on the data. We prove that there exists an open set of initial data such that the corresponding solution exists in…
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The scattering of a wave obeying Helmholtz equation by an elliptic obstacle can be described exactly using series of Mathieu functions. This situation is relevant in optics, quantum mechanics and fluid dynamics. We focus on the case when…
The problem of light propagation of frequency corresponding to half of the energy difference between a metastable excited state and the ground state of atoms is examined, and solved for coherent medium by analytic means. We demonstrate that…
This paper investigates the following Keller-Segel-Navier-Stokes system with nonlinear diffusion and rotational flux $$\begin{align}\begin{cases} &n_t+u\cdot\nabla n=\Delta n^m-\nabla\cdot(nS(x, n, c)\nabla c),\quad &x\in \Omega, t>0, \\…
We prove the existence of energy solutions of the energy critical focusing wave equation in R^3 which blow up exactly at x=t=0. They decompose into a bulk term plus radiation term. The bulk is a rescaled version of the stationary "soliton"…
There is considerable fundamental and applicative interest in obtaining non-diffractive and non-dispersive spatio-temporal localized wave packets propagating in optical cubic nonlinear or Kerr media. Here, we analytically predict the…
In this article, we investigate the blow-up for local solutions to a semilinear wave equation in the generalized Einstein - de Sitter spacetime with nonlinearity of derivative type. More precisely, we consider a semilinear damped wave…
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We introduce an accurate non-Hermitian Schr\"odinger-type approximation of Bloch optical equations for two-level systems. This approximation provides a complete description of the excitation, relaxation and decoherence dynamics in both weak…