One-dimensional wave equations defined by fractal Laplacians (Q891353)

The authors study one-dimensional wave equations defined by a class of fractal Laplacians subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. In this context, the fractal Laplacians are defined by fractal measures generated by overlapping iterated function systems. Examples of such iterated function systems are infinite Bernoulli convolutions associated with the golden ratio and the threefold convolution of the Cantor set. Moreover, these iterated function systems to not satisfy the post-critically finite condition or the open set condition. The differential equations are discretized by employing second-order self-similar identities introduced by Strickartz et al. The discretized equations are then solved numerically using finite element and central difference methods producing an approximation of the weak solution. Moreover, it is shown that the numerical solution converges to the weak solution. Estimates of the rate of convergence are also given.