Unique existence of evolution equations of hyperbolic type with countably many singular or degenerate points (Q1119787): Difference between revisions

The author studies the unique solvability of the abstract singular evolution equation of the hyperbolic type \(u''(t)+\Phi (t)\wedge u(t)=0\) on \((t_ 0,1)\), \(u(t_ 0)=u_ 0\), \(u'(t_ 0)=u_ 1\), where \(\Phi\) is a nonnegative function on (-1,1) with countably many degenerate or singular points t accumulating at 0. As an application to partial differential equations, the \(H^{\infty}(\Omega)\) well-posedness of the initial boundary value problem for the equation \(\partial^ 2u/\partial t^ 2+\Phi (t)P(x,D_ x)u=0\) in \(\Omega \times (t_ 0,1)\), where \(\Omega\) is a domain in \(R^ n\) with smooth boundary, and \(P(x,D_ x)\) is a 2mth order formally self-adjoint uniformly strongly elliptic differential operator with smooth coefficients. An example is given to illustrate the main result.