Uniform bound of Sobolev norms of solutions to 3D nonlinear wave equations with null condition (Q2444205)

In this paper is considered the time growth rate of the highest Sobolev norm of the solutions to the following nonlinear wave equations \[ u_{tt}-\Delta u=B_{\lambda\mu\nu}\partial_{\lambda}u\partial_{\mu}u\partial_{\nu} u, \tag{1} \] \[ u(0, \cdot)=\phi,\qquad \partial_tu(0, \cdot)=\psi \tag{2} \] in three spatial dimensions, where \(u:[0, T)\times \mathbb{R}^3\longrightarrow \mathbb R\), \(\lambda\), \(\mu\), \(\nu=0, 1, 2, 3\), \(B_{\lambda\mu\nu}\) are constants satisfying the symmetry \(B_{\lambda\mu\nu}=B_{\lambda\nu\mu}\), \((\phi, \psi)\in H_0^s(B_R)\times H_0^{s-1}(B_R)\), \(s\geq 5\), \(B_R\) is a ball of a radius \(R>0\) which center at the origin. The nonlinearities in ({1}) satisfy the null condition \(B_{\lambda\mu\nu}X_{\lambda}X_{\mu}X_{\nu}=0\) for all \(X\in {\mathcal N}\), where \({\mathcal N}=\{X\in \mathbb{R}^4:X_0^2-(X_1^2+X_2^2+X_3^2)=0\}\). The author proves that the problem ({1}), ({2}) satisfying \(E_s(u(0))<\epsilon\) is globally well-posed for a sufficiently small \(\epsilon>0\), and the highest order energy is globally bounded: \(E_s(u(t))\leq C\epsilon\).