Blow Up in a Semilinear Wave Equation

Blow Up in a Semilinear Wave Equation

Year:    2001

Journal of Partial Differential Equations, Vol. 14 (2001), Iss. 2 : pp. 105–110

Abstract

We consider a semilinear wave equation of the form u_tt(x, t) - Δu(x, t) = - m(x, t)u_t(x, t) + ∇Φ(x) ⋅ ∇u(x, t ) + b(x)|u(x, t)|^{p-2}u(x, t) where p > 2. We show, under suitable conditions on m, Φ, b, that weak solutions break down in finite time if the initial energy is negative. This result improves an earlier one by the author [1].

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2001-JPDE-5473

Journal of Partial Differential Equations, Vol. 14 (2001), Iss. 2 : pp. 105–110

Published online:    2001-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    6

Keywords:    Wave equation