The blow-up curve of solutions of mixed problems for semilinear wave equations with exponential nonlinearities in one space dimension. II (Q1594904)

This paper deals with the properties of the blow-up curve for \(u_{tt}-u_{xx}=F(u)\) in one space dimension on \(\{x>0, t>0\}\), with boundary condition \(u_x+\gamma u_t=0\) for \(x=0\). The nonlinearity \(F\) is typically taken to behave like \(A\exp(pu)+C\exp(\alpha pu)\) with \(\alpha<1/2\). While the first part dealt with the case \(|\gamma|<1\), the author considers here \(|\gamma|\geq 1\), \(\gamma\neq -1\). The main conclusion is that the blow-up curve has slope \(-1\) at \(x=0\) if \(\gamma=-1\) and the solution is \(C^3\) away from the singularity; the slope is less than 1 in absolute value if \(x>0\). A generalization to the case \(|\gamma|>1\) is given, assuming in particular that \(F\) is bounded for \(u\leq 0\) and that \(pF-F'\) as well as its primitive are bounded near infinity. Simple examples are given to show that the conclusion may be false for \(F=u^p\). Brief remarks on Dirichlet conditions are included.