Initial value problems for wave equations on manifolds

DOI10.1007/S11040-015-9176-7zbMATH Open1338.58018arXiv1408.4995OpenAlexW3101060601MaRDI QIDQ255708FDOQ255708

Roger Tagne Wafo, Christian Bär

Publication date: 9 March 2016

Published in: Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the global theory of linear wave equations for sections of vector bundles over globally hyperbolic Lorentz manifolds. We introduce spaces of finite energy sections and show well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in those spaces. These spaces depend in general on the choice of a time function but it turns out that certain spaces of finite energy solutions are independent of this choice and hence invariantly defined. We also show existence and uniqueness of solutions for the Goursat problem where one prescribes initial data on a characteristic partial Cauchy hypersurface. This extends classical results due to H"ormander.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.4995

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zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy problemfinite energy sectionsglobally hyperbolic Lorentz manifoldGoursat problemwave equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) PDEs on manifolds (35R01) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45)

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