Global existence of solutions of the critical semilinear wave equations with variable coefficients outside obstacles (Q547352)

The authors discuss global existence of smooth solutions of the Dirichlet problem to the equation \(u_{tt}-(a^{ij}(x)u_{x_j})_{x_i}+u^5=0\), \(t>0\), \(x\in \Omega \), where \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3\) is the exterior of a smooth compact obstacle. They define the metric \(g=(a^{ij}(x))^{-1}\) and introduce the distance function \(\rho \) on the Riemannian manifold \((\Omega ,g)\). To derive the global existence they show that the energy cannot concentrate at any point \((t,x)\in (0,+\infty )\times \overline {\Omega }\). Finally, using the Strichartz inequality (similarly as \textit{H. F. Smith} and \textit{C. D. Sogge} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 8, No. 4, 879--916 (1995; Zbl 0860.35081)]) they finish the proof.