Global smooth solutions to the system of one-dimensional thermoelasticity with dissipation boundary conditions (Q1086002)

A one-dimensional initial-boundary value problem of nonlinear thermoelasticity formulated by \textit{C. M. Dafermos} [Nonlinear phenomena in mathematical sciences, Proc. int. Conf., Arlington/Tex. 1980, 289-294 (1982; Zbl 0529.35054)] in the region \(0\leq x\leq 1\), and for \(t\geq 0\), is discussed. It is proved that if the coefficients of the governing equations are suitably restricted, and a number of compatibility conditions between the initial and boundary data are met, then for sufficiently small initial data there is only one global solution for the problem, and the solution decays exponentially to zero as time goes to infinity. The proof is based on a priori estimates of a solution in conjunction with embedding and continuation theorems. The reviewer notes some misprints and controversial notations, e.g.: 1. In (1.10) the letter v is used ambiguously to denote the particle velocity and the temperature difference. 2. (3.3) is not an equation but an inequality.