Global existence for coupled Klein-Gordon equations with different speeds (Q424846): Difference between revisions

This paper deals with the global existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a system of semilinear wave equations with two speeds, \(1\) and \(c\); the unknowns \(u^1\) and \(u^c\) solve \[ \begin{align*}{ (\partial_{tt}-\Delta)u^1+u^1 &= Q^1(u_1,u^c) \cr (\partial_{tt}-c^2\Delta)u^c+u^c &= Q^c(u_1,u^c), }\end{align*} \] in three space dimensions, where the nonlinearities \(Q^1\) and \(Q^c\) are \({\mathcal O}(|u^1|^2+|u^c|^2)\) as \(u^1\) and \(u^c\to 0\). A condition of ``separation of resonances'' is assumed. It is checked numerically that it is satisfied for \(c=5\), and the author ``believe[s] that it is always [satisfied] except maybe for exceptional values of \(c\).'' Assuming that the data are small in \(H^{N+1}\times H^N\) (for \(N\) sufficiently large), and also small in a weighted \(H^3\times H^2\) space, the main result expresses that the solutions are global; in addition, as \(t\to\infty\), they converge to \((U^1,U^c)\) such that \(-\Delta U^1+U^1=-\Delta U^c+U^c=0\) in \(H^{N+1}\), and their \(H^3\) norms are \({\mathcal O}(1/\sqrt t)\).