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Optimal polynomial blow up range for critical wave maps

Analysis of PDEs 2014-03-31 v1

Abstract

We prove that the critical Wave Maps equation with target S2S^2 and origin R2+1\mathbb{R}^{2+1} admits energy class blow up solutions of the form u(t,r)=Q(λ(t)r)+ϵ(t,r)u(t,r)=Q(\lambda(t)r)+\epsilon(t,r)where Q:R2S2Q: \mathbb{R}^2 \to S^2 is the ground state harmonic map and λ(t)=t1ν\lambda(t) = t^{-1-\nu} for any ν>0\nu > 0. This extends the work [13], where such solutions were constructed under the assumption ν>1/2\nu > 1/2. In light of a result of Struwe [22], our result is optimal for polynomial blow up rates.

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@article{arxiv.1403.7356,
  title  = {Optimal polynomial blow up range for critical wave maps},
  author = {Can Gao and Joachim Krieger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7356},
  year   = {2014}
}
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