The lifespan estimates of classical solutions of one dimensional semilinear wave equations with characteristic weights (Q6136350)

In this paper, the authors investigate the lifespan estimates of classical solutions for semilinear wave equations with characteristic weights and compactly supported, small data in one space dimension, \((\partial_t^2-\partial_x^2) u=\left<t+\left<x\right>\right>^{-(1+a)}\left<t-\left<x\right>\right>^{-(1+b)}|u|^p\), where \(\left<x\right>=\sqrt{1+x^2}\) and \(p>1\). It is shown that, for \(p>1\), the critical curve of \((a,b)\) so that the problem admits global classical solutions is given by \(a=-b>0\) or \(a=0\le b\). In addition, the authors give the lifespan estimates both from above and below, for various assumptions on the data.