Global existence of critical nonlinear wave equation with time dependent variable coefficients

DOI10.1080/03605302.2012.715705MaRDI QIDQ4902754zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ning-An Lai, Yi Zhou

Publication date 17 January 2013

Published in Communications in Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1818

zbMATH Keywords

critical nonlinearitynon-concentrating lemmaStrichartz inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical exponents in context of PDEs (35B33) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Second-order semilinear hyperbolic equations (35L71)

Abstract: In this paper, we establish global existence of smooth solutions for the Cauchy problem of the critical nonlinear wave equation with time dependent variable coefficients in three space dimensions {equation}partial_{tt}phi-partial_{x_i}�ig(g^{ij}(t,x)partial_{x_j}phi�ig)+phi^5=0, mathbb{R}_t imes mathbb{R}_x^3,{equation} where $$ is a regular function valued in the spacetime of $3imes3$ positive definite matrix and $$ its inverse matrix. Here and in the sequence, a repeated sum on an index in lower and upper position is never indicated. In the constant coefficients case, the result of global existence is due to Grillakis cite{Grillakis1}; and in the time-independent variable coefficients case, the result of global existence and regularity is due to Ibrahim and Majdoub cite{Ibrahim}. The key point of our proofs is to show that the energy cannot concentrate at any point. For that purpose, following Christodoulou and Klainerman cite{Chris}, we use a null frame associated to an optical function to construct a geometric multiplier similar to the well-known Morawetz multiplier. Then we use comparison theorem originated from Riemannian Geometry to estimate the error terms. Finally, using Strichartz inequality due to cite{Smith} as Ibrahim and Majdoub cite{Ibrahim}, we obtain global existence.

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