A sharp counterexample to the local existence of low-regularity solutions to nonlinear wave equations
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A sharp counterexample to the local existence of low-regularity solutions to nonlinear wave equations
zbMATH Open document ID: 0797.35123
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07219-5
author: Hans Lindblad
published in: Duke Mathematical Journal
publication date: 1994-10-18T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper is concerned with the question: what is the smallest \(s\) such that one has local existence and uniqueness in \(H_ s\) of the problem: \(\square u = G(u,u')\) for \(0 \leq t<T\); \(u(0,x) = u_ 0(x) \in H_ s (\mathbb{R}^ 3)\); \(\partial_ t u(0,x) = u_ 1(x) \in H_{s-1} (\mathbb{R}^ 3)\), where \(\square = \partial^ 2_ t - \Delta\) and \(G(u,u')\) is a smooth function of \(u\) and \(u' = (u_ t, \nabla_ xu)\). The main result is the following theorem: The initial value problem \(\square u = u^ 2\), \(0 \leq t<T\); \(u(0,x) = u_ 0(x) \in H_ s (\mathbb{R}^ 3)\), \(\partial_ t u(0,x) = u_ 1(x) \in H_{s-1} (\mathbb{R}^ 3)\), has a unique solution in \(H_ s\) for some \(T>0\) if \(s>0\). If \(u_ 0\) and \(u_ 1\) have radial symmetry, the same statement is true also with \(s=0\). In general, the problem is ill posed in \(H_ 0\). Moreover, there are data of compact support \(u_ 0 \in L^ 2\) and \(u_ 1 \in H_{-1} \cap L^ p\), for any \(p<6/5\), such that the problem does not have a solution in \(L^ 2([0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^ 3)\) for any \(T>0\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35L70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35A07
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35R25
zbMATH DE Number: 558973
zbMATH Keywords: ill posed problem
zbMATH Keywords: radial symmetry
reviewed by: Radu Precup
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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