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We study the Cauchy problem for the $3D$ compressible Euler equations under an arbitrary equation of state with positive speed of sound, aside from that of a Chaplygin gas. For open sets of smooth initial data with non-trivial vorticity and…

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Under the genuinely nonlinear assumption for 1-D $n\times n$ strictly hyperbolic conservation laws, we investigate the geometric blowup of smooth solutions and the development of singularities when the small initial data fulfill the generic…

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In the previous paper [Ding Bingbing, Lu Yu, Yin Huicheng, On the critical exponent $p_c$ of the 3D quasilinear wave equation $-\big(1+(\partial_t\phi)^p\big)\partial_t^2\phi+\Delta\phi=0$ with short pulse initial data. I, global existence,…

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We consider a quasilinear system of hyperbolic equations that describes plane one-dimensional non-relativistic oscillations of electrons in a cold plasma with allowance for electron-ion collisions. Accounting for collisions leads to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-08 Olga Rozanova , Eugeniy Chizhonkov , Maria Delova

The global characteristic initial value problem for linear wave equations on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds is examined, for a class of smooth initial value hypersurfaces satisfying favourable global properties. First it is shown…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-05-01 Umberto Lupo

In this paper, we study the global existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a class of weakly dissipative nonlinear dispersive wave equations…

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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 John L. Friedman

Solutions of the Cauchy problem for the wave equation on a non-globally hyperbolic spacetime, which contains closed timelike curves (time machines) are considered. It is proved, that there exists a solution of the Cauchy problem, it is…

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We consider the Cauchy problem for the wave equation in a general class of spherically symmetric black hole geometries. Under certain mild conditions on the far-field decay and the singularity, we show that there is a unique globally smooth…

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The Cauchy problem is considered for the perturbed strictly hyperbolic 2x2 system of quasilinear equations. The unperturbed problem has a persistent solution with two discontinuity lines (shock waves). Both an asymptotics of shock waves…

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We study the stability of an explicitly known, non-trivial self-similar blowup solution of the quadratic wave equation in the lowest energy supercritical dimension $d = 7$. This solution blows up at a single point and extends naturally away…

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This paper studies the upper bound of the lifespan of classical solutions of the initial value problems for one dimensional wave equations with quasilinear terms of space-, or time-derivatives of the unknown function. The results are same…

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In this paper, for compressible Euler equations in multiple space dimensions, we prove the break-down of classical solutions with a large class of initial data by tracking the propagation of radially symmetric expanding wave including…

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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Shuang Miao

In this paper, we first give a lower bound of the lifespan and some estimates of classical solutions to the Cauchy problem for general quasi-linear hyperbolic systems, whose characteristic fields are not weakly linearly degenerate and the…

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We prove a stable shock formation result for a large class of systems of quasilinear wave equations in two spatial dimensions. We give a precise description of the dynamics all the way up to the singularity. Our main theorem applies to…

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We consider the Cauchy problem for the electron magnetohydrodynamics model in the supercritical regime. For rough initial data in $\mathcal H^{-s}(\mathbb T^n)$ with $s>0$, we obtain global in time weak solutions almost surely via an…

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We establish the global-in-time existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for the full Navier-Stokes equations for compressible heat-conducting flow in multidimensions with initial data that are large, discontinuous, spherically…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-11 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Yucong Huang , Shengguo Zhu

We consider the Cauchy problem with smooth and compactly supported initial data for the wave equation in a general class of spherically symmetric geometries which are globally smooth and asymptotically flat. Under certain mild conditions on…

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