Wave equation on general noncompact symmetric spaces (Q6582302)

This paper is devoted to prove sharp-in-time kernel estimates and dispersive properties for the wave equations on \(d\)-dimensional noncompact symmetric spaces of higher rank. Let \(d\ge 3\), \(D\) be the so-called dimension at infinity and \(\Delta\) be the (nonpositive) Laplace-Beltrami operator, the dispersive property claims that \(\|(-\Delta)^{-\sigma/2}e^{it\sqrt{-\Delta}}\|_{L^{q'}\to L^q}\le C|t|^{-a}(1+|t|)^{a-D/2}\), for \(q\in (2,\infty)\) and \(\sigma\ge (d+1)(1/2-1/q)\), where \(a=(d-1)(1/2-1/q)\). Based on this dispersive property, standard arguments could be used to yield Strichartz-type estimates. As a sample application, consider the semilinear Cauchy problem \((\partial_t^2-\Delta) u=|u|^p\), the global well-posedness (with small data) for any \(1<p\le 1+4/(d-1)\) is obtained. These results extend previous results for the noncompact symmetric spaces of rank one (with \(D=3\), including the classical example of the real hyperbolic spaces), or the noncompact symmetric spaces \(G/K\) with complex \(G\) (where \(D=d\)).