Asymptotics of solutions to the periodic problem for the nonlinear damped wave equation (Q976950)

This paper concerns the semilinear damped wave equation \[ u_{tt}+ 2\alpha u_t-\beta u_{xx}= -\lambda|u|^\sigma u \] with periodicity condition in space \(u(t,x+ 2\pi)= u(t,x)\) and initial conditions \(u(0,x)= \phi(x)\), \(u_t(0,x)= \psi(x)\), \(\phi\in H^1(-\pi,\pi)\), \(\psi\in L^2(-\pi,\pi)\) and positive constants \(\alpha\), \(\beta\) and \(\sigma\). It is shown that there exists a unique global solution \(n\in C([0,\infty); H^1(-\pi,\pi))\) and that \[ \| u(x)\|_{L^\infty}\leq \text{const}(1+ t^2)^{-{1\over 2\sigma}},\;\| u_t\|_{L^\infty}\leq \text{const}(1+ t^2)^{-{1\over 2\sigma}-{1\over \psi}}\text{ for all }t\geq 0. \]