Nonexistence of global solutions of nonlinear wave equations with weak time-dependent damping related to Glassey's conjecture. (Q667916)

The Cauchy problem for the nonlinear damped wave equations \[u_{tt}-\Delta u+{\mu}{(1+t)^{-\beta}}u_t=|u_t|^p,\,\,\,(x,t)\in R^n\times[0,\infty),\] \[u(x,0)=\varepsilon f(x),\,\,\,u_t(x,0)=\varepsilon g(x),\,\,\,x\in R^n,\] is considered where \(\mu>0\), \(n\in N\), \(\beta\ge 1\), \(p>1\), \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter, \(f\) and \(g\) are in the energy space with compact support. The nonexistence of global-in-time energy solutions is studied. By introducing some multipliers to absorb the damping term it is possible to establish the same upper bound of the lifespan for the scattering damping as the non-damped case, which is a part of so-called Glassey's conjecture on nonlinear wave equations. An upper bound of the lifespan for the scale invariant damping is studied with the same method.