Blow-up for semilinear wave equations with the scale invariant damping and super-Fujita exponent (Q1785924)

In this nice paper under review, the blow-up for semilinear wave equations with the scale invariant damping has been well-studied for sub-Fujita exponent. It is worth mentioning that, for super-Fujita exponent, there is only one blow-up result which is obtained by \textit{Y. Wakasugi} [in: Fourier analysis. Pseudo-differential operators, time-frequency analysis and partial differential equation. Based on the presentations at the international conference, Aalto University, near Helsinki, Finland, June 25--29, 2012. Cham: Birkhäuser/Springer. 375--390 (2014; Zbl 1408.35100)] in the case of non-effective damping. In the present paper the authors extend his result in two aspects by showing that: (I) the blow-up will happen for bigger exponent, which is closely related to the Strauss exponent, the critical number for non-damped semilinear wave equations; (II) such a blow-up result is established for a wider range of the constant than the known non-effective one in the damping term.