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In the significant work of [2], Alinhac proved the global existence of small solutions for 2D quasilinear wave equations under the null conditions. The proof heavily relies on the fact that the initial data have compact support [22].…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Yuan Cai , Zhen Lei , Nader Masmoudi

We examine solutions to semilinear wave equations on black hole backgrounds and give a proof of an analog of the Strauss conjecture on the Schwarzschild and Kerr, with small angular momentum, black hole backgrounds. The key estimates are a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Hans Lindblad , Jason Metcalfe , Christopher D. Sogge , Mihai Tohaneanu , Chengbo Wang

We discuss a notion of weak solution for a semilinear wave equation that models the interaction of an elastic body with a rigid substrate through an adhesive layer, relying on results in [2]. Our analysis embraces the vector-valued case in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Mauro Bonafini , Van Phu Cuong Le

In this manuscript we prove global existence and linear asymptotic behavior of small solutions to nonlinear wave equations. We assume that the quadratic part of the nonlinearity satisfies a non-resonant condition which is a generalization…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-18 Fabio Pusateri , Jalal Shatah

We develop a new method for addressing certain weakly null systems of wave equations. This approach does not rely on Lorentz invariance nor on the use of null foliations, both of which restrict applications to, e.g., multiple speed systems.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-29 Jason Metcalfe , Alexander Stewart

We consider the Cauchy problem for systems of semilinear wave equations in two space dimensions. We present a structural condition on the nonlinearity under which the energy decreases to zero as time tends to infinity if the Cauchy data are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-13 Soichiro Katayama , Akitaka Matsumura , Hideaki Sunagawa

In this paper, we study the global conservative weak solutions for a class of nonlinear dispersive wave equations after wave breaking. We first transform the equations into an equivalent semi-linear system by introducing new variables. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-17 Yonghui Zhou , Shuguan Ji

The reduced (in the angular coordinate $\phi$) wave equation and Klein-Gordon equation are considered on a Kerr background and in the framework of $C^{0}$-semigroup theory. Each equation is shown to have a well-posed initial value…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Horst R. Beyer

In this paper, we study the semilinear wave equation with lower order terms (damping and mass) and with power type nonlinearity $|u|^p$ on compact Lie groups. We will prove the global in time existence of small data solutions in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Alessandro Palmieri

This article gives an energy decay result for small data solutions to a class of semilinear wave equations in two space dimensions possessing weakly dissipative structure relevant to the Agemi condition.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Yoshinori Nishii , Hideaki Sunagawa , Hiroki Terashita

We are interested in coupled semi-linear wave equations satisfying the null condition in two space dimensions, a basic model in nonlinear wave equations. Our aim is to establish global existence of smooth solutions to this system with large…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Bingbing Ding , Shijie Dong , Gang Xu

In this work we study the global existence for 3d semilinear wave equation with non-negative potential satisfying generic decay assumptions. In the supercritical case we establish the small data global existence result. The approach is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Vladimir Georgiev , Hideo Kubo

We would like to study a weakly coupled system of semi-linear classical damped wave equations with moduli of continuity in nonlinearities whose powers belong to the critical curve in the $p-q$ plane. The main goal of this paper is to find…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Tuan Anh Dao , Michael Reissig

In this article we study the pointwise decay properties of solutions to the wave equation on a class of nonstationary asymptotically flat backgrounds in three space dimensions. Under the assumption that uniform energy bounds and a weak form…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-25 Jason Metcalfe , Daniel Tataru , Mihai Tohaneanu

We will show that in $\RR^{2+1}$ semilinear wave equations of the form $-\Box u = u Q(\del u; \del u)$ possess global-in-time solutions if the null condition on $Q(\del u; \del u)$ is assumed. As a consequence, we also provide a new proof,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-15 Shijie Dong

We study a semilinear wave inequality with double damping on a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold. The considered problem involves a potential function $V$ depending on the space variable in front of the power nonlinearity and an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Mohamed Jleli , Michael Ruzhansky , Bessem Samet , Berikbol T. Torebek

From the work on the weak-null condition by Lindblad and Rodnianski, it is well-known that `bad' quadratic sourcing terms are allowed to appear in coupled semilinear wave equations in three spatial dimensions, provided that such terms…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-15 Shijie Dong , Zoe Wyatt

In this paper, we prove that the existence of globally conservative weak solutions for a class of two-component nonlinear dispersive wave equations beyond wave breaking. We first introduce a new set of independent and dependent variables in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-30 Yonghui Zhou , Xiaowan Li

In this paper, we discuss the global existence of weak solutions to the semilinear damped wave equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \partial_t^2u-\Delta u + \partial_tu = f(u) & \text{in}\ \Omega\times (0,T), \\ u=0 & \text{on}\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Motohiro Sobajima

This paper concludes the series begun in [M. Dafermos and I. Rodnianski, Decay for solutions of the wave equation on Kerr exterior spacetimes I-II: the cases |a| << M or axisymmetry, arXiv:1010.5132], providing the complete proof of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-30 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski , Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman