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By definition, a wave is a $C^\infty$ solution $u(x,t)$ of the wave equation on $\mathbb R^n$, and a snapshot of the wave $u$ at time $t$ is the function $u_t$ on $\mathbb R^n$ given by $u_t(x)=u(x,t)$. We show that there are infinitely…

We consider stochastic equations of the form $X_k = \phi_k(X_{k+1}) Z_k$, $k \in \mathbb{N}$, where $X_k$ and $Z_k$ are random variables taking values in a compact group $G_k$, $\phi_k: G_{k+1} \to G_k$ is a continuous homomorphism, and the…

In classical continuum physics, a wave is a mechanical disturbance. Whether the disturbance is stationary or traveling and whether it is caused by the motion of atoms and molecules or the vibration of a lattice structure, a wave can be…

Let $X$ be a manifold with boundary, endowed with a metric with conic singularities at the boundary components of $X$. Let $u$ be a solution to the wave equation on $\mathbb{R} \times X$. When a singularity of $u$ strikes a cone point of…

Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian homogeneous space (e.g. a Euclidean sphere). We prove existence of a global weak solution of the stochastic wave equation \mathbf D_t\partial_tu=\sum_{k=1}^d\mathbf…

In this paper, a fractional generalization of the wave equation that describes propagation of damped waves is considered. In contrast to the fractional diffusion-wave equation, the fractional wave equation contains fractional derivatives of…

The wave equation $\left(\partial_{tt} - c^2 \Delta_x\right) u(x,t) = e^{-t} f(x,t)$ is shown to have a unique solution if $u$ and its partial derivatives in $x$ are in $L^2(e^{-t})$ on the cone, and the solution can be explicit given in…

A one-way wave equation is an evolution equation in one of the space directions that describes (approximately) a wave field. The exact wave field is approximated in a high frequency, microlocal sense. Here we derive the pseudodifferential…

Using nonstandard methods, we show that the time dependent Fourier series of any smooth function F, solving the wave equation, on a finite closed interval, with vanishing boundary conditions, converges uniformly to F.

Wave propagation problems have many applications in physics and engineering, and the stochastic effects are important in accurately modeling them due to the uncertainty of the media. This paper considers and analyzes a fully discrete finite…

In this paper we introduce a new method called the Dirac Assisted Tree (DAT) method, which can handle 1D heterogeneous Helmholtz equations with arbitrarily large variable wave numbers. DAT breaks an original global problem into many…

We establish the existence of weak solutions $u$ of the semilinear wave equation $\partial_t^2 u-\textrm{div}_x(a(t,x)\nabla_xu)=f_k(u)$ where $a(t,x)$ is equal to $1$ outside a compact set with respect to $x$ and a non-linear term $f_k$…

We analyze the spectral properties and peculiar behavior of solutions of a damped wave equation on a finite interval with a singular damping of the form $\alpha/x$, $\alpha>0$. We establish the exponential stability of the semigroup for all…

Stokes waves are steady periodic water waves on the free surface of an infinitely deep irrotational two dimensional flow under gravity without surface tension. They can be described in terms of solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equation of a…

We consider the stabilization problem on a manifold with boundary for a wave equation with measure-valued linear damping. For a wide class of measures, containing Dirac masses on hypersurfaces as well as measures with fractal support, we…

We consider the linear stochastic wave equation with spatially homogenous Gaussian noise, which is fractional in time with index $H>1/2$. We show that the necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the solution is a relaxation…

For a wave equation with pure delay, we study an inhomogeneous initial-boundary value problem in a bounded 1D domain. Under smoothness assumptions, we prove unique existence of classical solutions for any given finite time horizon and give…

Let K be a non-Archimedean local field with the normalized absolute value $|\cdot |$. It is shown that a ``plane wave'' $f(t+\omega_1 x_1+... +\omega_nx_n)$, where f is a Bruhat-Schwartz complex-valued test function on K, $(t,x_1,...,…

A new class of solitary waves arises in the solution of nonlinear wave equations with constant impedance and no dispersive terms. They depend on a balance between nonlinearity and a dispersion-like effect due to spatial variation in the…

We consider traveling waves on a surface of an ideal fluid of finite depth. The equation describing Stokes waves in conformal variables formulation are referred to as the Babenko equation. We use a Newton-Conjugate-Gradient method to…