Singular internal stabilization of the wave equation (Q1265093)

The asymptotic behaviour of nonlinear wave equations of the form \[ u''- Au+ g(u')\delta_\gamma= 0\quad\text{on }\Omega\times(0, \infty),\quad u= 0\quad\text{on }\Gamma\times (0,\infty), \] \[ u(x,0)= u^0(x)\quad\text{on }\Omega,\quad u'(x,0)= u^1(x)\quad\text{on }\Omega \] is considered, where \(\gamma\) is a point in the one-space-dimension case, and \(\gamma\) is a simple closed curve satisfying certain regularity conditions in the two-space-dimension case. It is shown that if \(\gamma\) is a `reasonable' point in the first case and a `sufficiently regular' curve in the second case, then \[ \lim_{t\to\infty} (\| u(t)\|_{H^1(\Omega)}+ \| u'(t)\|_{L^2(\Omega)})= 0. \] It is also shown that the decay to zero is not uniform in energy space. Using the theory of nonharmonic Fourier series, an explicit sharp inequality for the decay rate in the one-space-dimension case is also obtained.