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Classical linear wave superposition produces the appearance of interference. This observation can be interpreted in two equivalent ways: one can assume that interference is an illusion because input components remain unperturbed, or that…
This paper studies initial value problems for semilinear wave equations with spatial weights in one space dimension. The lifespan estimates of classical solutions for compactly supported data are established in all the cases of polynomial…
The Doppler effect has many applications in science and engineering fields. Although the format of the classical Doppler effect equation is simple, the derivation for the equation in physics textbooks is not intuitive to many students. This…
The classical system of shallow-water (Saint--Venant) equations describes long surface waves in an inviscid incompressible fluid of a variable depth. Although shock waves are expected in this quasilinear hyperbolic system for a wide class…
We investigate linear parabolic equations in divergence form with singular coefficients and non-smooth boundary data. When the diffusion, drift, or potential terms, as well as the initial or boundary conditions, are distributions rather…
We prove the existence of global solutions to the energy-supercritical wave equation in R^{3+1} u_{tt}-\Delta u + |u|^N u = 0, u(0) = u_0, u_t(0) = u_1, 4<N<\infty, for a large class of radially symmetric finite-energy initial data.…
The notion of a delta shock wave and a singular shock wave was introduced and employed by different authors, and it was shown that a large class of Riemann problems can be solved globally with these additional building blocks. The aim of…
An axisymmetric static solution of a nonlinear electrodynamics is considered as a massive charged particle with spin and magnetic moment. A linearization of the nonlinear electrodynamics around the static solution is investigated. The…
We give a rigorous proof of existence for solitary waves of a peridynamics model in one space dimension recently investigated by Silling (J. Mech. Phys. Solids 96:121--132, 2016). We adapt the variational framework developed by Friesecke…
In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for semilinear classical wave equations \begin{equation*} u_{tt}-\Delta u=|u|^{p_S(n)}\mu(|u|) \end{equation*} with the Strauss exponent $p_S(n)$ and a modulus of continuity $\mu=\mu(\tau)$,…
This paper is concerned with the study of interaction of waves originating from the Riemann problem centred at two different points for a system of equations modelling propagation of elastic waves. The system consists of two equations for…
An axiomatic theory of classical nondissipative waves is proposed that is constructed based on the definition of a wave as a multidimensional oscillator. Waves are represented as abstract vectors $|\psi\rangle$ in the appropriately defined…
We set up the classical wave equation for a particle formed of an oscillatory zero-rest-mass charge together with its resulting electromagnetic waves, traveling in a potential field $V$ in a susceptible vacuum. The waves are…
Similarities between quantum systems and analogous systems for classical waves have been used to great effect in the physics community, be it to gain an intuition for quantum systems or to anticipate novel phenomena in classical waves. This…
A formulation of classical electrodynamics on an energy-momentum background of constant, non-zero curvature is given. The procedure consists of taking the formulation of standard electrodynamics in the energy-momentum representation, and…
Peridynamics describes the nonlinear interactions in spatially extended Hamiltonian systems by nonlocal integro-differential equations, which can be regarded as the natural generalization of lattice models. We prove the existence of…
In this work we find explicit periodic wave solutions for the classical $\phi^4$-model, and study their corresponding orbital stability/instability in the energy space. In particular, for this model we find at least four different branches…
In this paper we will consider the peridynamic equation of motion which is described by a second order in time partial integro-differential equation. This equation has recently received great attention in several fields of Engineering…
We investigate the existence and the singular structure of delta wave solutions to a semilinear strictly hyperbolic equation with strongly singular initial and boundary conditions. The boundary conditions are given in nonlocal form with a…
We prove the existence of infinitely many classical periodic solutions for a class of degenerate semilinear wave equations: \[ u_{tt}-u_{xx}+|u|^{s-1}u=f(x,t), \] for all $s>1$. In particular we prove the existence of infinitely many…