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We study a semilinear equation with derivatives satisfying a null condition on slowly rotating Kerr spacetimes. We prove that given sufficiently small initial data, the solution exists globally in time and decays with a quantitative rate to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-22 Jonathan Luk

In this article we prove optimal pointwise bounds for solutions to the semilinear wave equation with integer powers $p\geq 3$ on Kerr backgrounds with small angular momentum and small initial data.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Mihai Tohaneanu

Systems of wave equations may fail to be globally well posed, even for small initial data. Attempts to classify systems into well and ill-posed categories work by identifying structural properties of the equations that can work as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Istvan Kadar

We show global existence backwards from scattering data at infinity for semilinear wave equations satisfying the null condition or the weak null condition. Semilinear terms satisfying the weak null condition appear in many equations in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Hans Lindblad , Volker Schlue

We consider systems of semilinear wave equations in three space dimensions with quadratic nonlinear terms not satisfying the null condition. We prove small data global existence of the classical solution under a new structural condition…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-11 Soichiro Katayama , Toshiaki Matoba , Hideaki Sunagawa

We revisit global existence and decay for small-data solutions of semilinear wave equations on extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole backgrounds satisfying the classical null condition, a problem which was previously addressed by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Yannis Angelopoulos , Ryan Unger

We analyze systems of semilinear wave equations in $3+1$ dimensions whose associated asymptotic equation admit bounded solutions for suitably small choices of initial data. Under this special case of the weak null condition, which we refer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-11 Todd A. Oliynyk , J. Arturo Olvera-Santamaría

We study the dispersive properties for the wave equation in the Kerr space-time with small angular momentum. The main result of this paper is to establish Strichartz estimates for solutions of the aforementioned equation. As an application,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-09 Mihai Tohaneanu

We prove the existence of strong and weak solutions to the semilinear wave equation with coefficients depending both on time and space variables, with continuous nonlinearity satisfying the sign condition. The uniqueness is proven under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Nenad Antonić , Matko Grbac

We give a quantitative refinement and simple proofs of mode stability type statements for the wave equation on Kerr backgrounds in the full sub-extremal range (|a| < M). As an application, we are able to quantitatively control the energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-18 Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman

Some systems of nonlinear wave equations admit global solutions for all sufficiently small initial data, while others do not. The (classical) null condition guarantees that such a result holds, but it is too strong to capture certain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-06 Joseph Keir

We prove global existence and decay for small-data solutions to a class of quasilinear wave equations on a wide variety of asymptotically flat spacetime backgrounds, allowing in particular for the presence of horizons, ergoregions and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-07 Mihalis Dafermos , Gustav Holzegel , Igor Rodnianski , Martin Taylor

We explore the global existence of solutions to systems of quasilinear wave equations satisfying the null condition when the initial data are sufficiently small. We adapt an approach of Keel, Smith, and Sogge, which relies on integrated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Michael Facci , Jason Metcalfe

We consider weakly coupled systems of semilinear viscoelastic wave equations with different power source nonlinearities in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq1$ as follows: \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{aligned} &u_{tt}-\Delta u+g\ast\Delta…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Yan Liu , Wenhui Chen

In \cite{Luk}, Luk proved global existence for semilinear wave equations in Kerr spacetime with small angular momentum($a\ll M$) \[ \Box_{g_K}\phi=F(\partial \phi), \] when the quadratic nonlinear term satisfies the null condition. In this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Ning-An Lai

In this paper we prove the non-linear stability of a system of non-linear wave equations satisfying the weak null condition. In particular, this includes the case of the non-linear stability of Minkowski spacetime times a $d$-torus subject…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-30 Zoe Wyatt

In this paper we deal with semilinear problems at resonance. We present a sufficient condition for the existence of a weak solution in terms of the asymptotic properties of nonlinearity. Our condition generalizes the classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Pavel Drabek , Martina Langerova

In this paper, we prove the first asymptotic completeness result for a scalar quasilinear wave equation satisfying the weak null condition. The main tool we use in the study of this equation is the geometric reduced system introduced in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Dongxiao Yu

We study a system of semilinear wave equations satisfying the weak null condition, which can be regarded as a simplified model for the Einstein vacuum equations. The main objective is to establish precise pointwise decay estimates, as both…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Shijie Dong , Siyuan Ma , Yue Ma , Xu Yuan

This paper proves global existence and sharp pointwise decay for solutions to nonlinear wave equations satisfying the semilinear null condition, on a class of three-dimensional, asymptotically flat, and notably, non-stationary spacetimes.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Shi-Zhuo Looi , Mihai Tohaneanu
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