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On the obstacle problem for fractional semilinear wave equations

Analysis of PDEs 2021-04-05 v2

Abstract

We prove existence of weak solutions to the obstacle problem for semilinear wave equations (including the fractional case) by using a suitable approximating scheme in the spirit of minimizing movements. This extends the results in [9], where the linear case was treated. In addition, we deduce some compactness properties of concentration sets (e.g. moving interfaces) when dealing with singular limits of certain nonlinear wave equations.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02246,
  title  = {On the obstacle problem for fractional semilinear wave equations},
  author = {Mauro Bonafini and Van Phu Cuong Le and Matteo Novaga and Giandomenico Orlandi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02246},
  year   = {2021}
}

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26 pages, 2 figures

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