The posedness of the periodic initial value problem for generalized Zakharov equations (Q924022)

The generalized Zakharov type equations considered in this paper are given by \[ i \varepsilon_t + \varepsilon_{xx} -n \varepsilon \alpha |\varepsilon|^p \varepsilon = 0, \quad n_{tt} - n_{xx} = |\varepsilon|^2_{xx} \] for some real numbers \(\alpha\) and \(p >0\), where the complex-valued function \(\varepsilon (x,t)\) is the slowly varying envelope of a highly oscillatory electric field and the real-valued function \(n (x,t)\) represents the fluctuation in the ion-density about its equilibrium value. In this paper the author obtains the existence and uniqueness of the global classical solution by means of the Galerkin method and integral estimates. He also studies the periodic initial value problems of the generalized Zakharov equations and shows that they have blowups of local solutions under certain conditions.