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We consider the Cauchy problem of coupled 3-D wave and Klein-Gordon equations with a quadratic form of nonlinearity. We show global existence under several conditions, including large derivative data for wave equations and the null…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Guocong Shang

We study the Cauchy problem for a quasilinear wave equation with low-regularity data. A space-time $L^2$ estimate for the variable coefficient wave equation plays a central role for this purpose. Assuming radial symmetry, we establish the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Kunio Hidano , Chengbo Wang , Kazuyoshi Yokoyama

In the paper [S. Alinhac, The null condition for quasilinear wave equations in two space dimensions I, Invent. Math. 145 (2001), no. 3, 597-618], S. Alinhac established the global existence of small data smooth solutions to the Cauchy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Fei Hou , Huicheng Yin

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 the Cauchy problem for the damped wave equations with variable coefficients a(x) having power type nonlinearity |u|^p. We discuss the global existence of solutions for small initial data and investigate the relation between the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Y. Tamada

We consider the Cauchy problem of systems of quasilinear wave equations in 2-dimensional space. We assume that the propagation speeds are distinct and that the nonlinearities contain quadratic and cubic terms of the first and second order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-29 Akira Hoshiga

In this paper we consider the following Cauchy problem for the semi-linear wave equation with scale-invariant dissipation and mass and power non-linearity: \begin{align}\label{CP abstract} \begin{cases} u_{tt}-\Delta u+\dfrac{\mu_1}{1+t}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-19 Alessandro Palmieri

In this paper, we discuss a new nonlinear phenomenon. We find that in $n\geq 2$ space dimensions, there exists two indexes $p$ and $q$ such that the cauchy problems for the nonlinear wave equations {equation} \label{0.1} \Box u(t,x) =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-07-31 Yi Zhou , Wei Han

In this paper we prove the global existence and uniqueness of the low regularity solutions to the Cauchy problem of quasi-linear wave equations with radial symmetric initial data in three space dimensions. The results are based on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yi Zhou , Zhen Lei

This article focuses on almost global existence for quasilinear wave equations with small initial data in 4-dimensional exterior domains. The nonlinearity is allowed to depend on the solution at the quadratic level as well as its first and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-21 John A. Helms , Jason L. Metcalfe

For 3-D quadratic quasilinear wave equations with or without null conditions in exterior domains, when the compatible initial data and Dirichlet boundary values are given, the global existence or the maximal existence time of small data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Fei Hou , Huicheng Yin , Meng Yuan

H\"ormander proved global existence of solutions for sufficiently small initial data for scalar wave equations in $(1+4)-$dimensions of the form $\Box u = Q(u, u', u'')$ where $Q$ vanishes to second order and $(\partial_u^2 Q)(0,0,0)=0$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Jason Metcalfe , Katrina Morgan

In this paper we deal with the exterior problem for a system of nonlinear wave equations in two space dimensions, assuming that the initial data is small and smooth. We establish the same type of lower bound of the lifespan for the problem…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-29 Hideo Kubo

In this paper we prove global existence and global behavior of solutions to quasilinear wave-Klein-Gordon systems in $\mathbb{R}^{1+2}$ with quadratic nonlinearities satisfying the null condition. We consider small, regular and compactly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-07 Qian Zhang

We prove global existence of solutions to quasilinear wave equations with quadratic nonlinearities exterior to nontrapping obstacles in spatial dimensions four and higher. This generalizes a result of Shibata and Tsutsumi in spatial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jason Metcalfe , Christopher D. Sogge

We consider the Cauchy problem for systems of nonlinear wave equations with multiple propagation speeds in three space dimensions. Under the null condition for such systems, the global existence of small amplitude solutions is known. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-25 Soichiro Katayama

We establish global existence in 3+1 dimensions of small-amplitude solutions of quasilinear Dirichlet-wave equations satisfying the null condition outside of star-shapped obstacles.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Markus Keel , Hart Smith , Christopher Sogge

We consider the global Cauchy problem for a two-component system of cubic semilinear wave equations in two space dimensions. We give a criterion for large time non-decay of the energy for small amplitude solutions in terms of the radiation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Yoshinori Nishii

We give an alternative proof of the global existence result originally due to Hidano and Yokoyama for the Cauchy problem for a system of quasi-linear wave equations in three space dimensions satisfying the weak null condition. The feature…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Kunio Hidano , Dongbing Zha