Diffraction of singularities for the wave equation on manifolds with corners

zbMATH Open1277.35004arXiv0903.3208MaRDI QIDQ2840583FDOQ2840583

Authors: Richard Melrose, András Vasy, Jared Wunsch 

Publication date: 22 July 2013

Published in: Astérisque (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the fundamental solution to the wave equation on a manifold with corners of arbitrary codimension. If the initial pole of the solution is appropriately situated, we show that the singularities which are diffracted by the corners (i.e., loosely speaking, are not propagated along limits of transversely reflected rays) are smoother than the main singularities of the solution. More generally, we show that subject to a hypothesis of nonfocusing, diffracted wavefronts of any solution to the wave equation are smoother than the incident singularities. These results extend our previous work on edge manifolds to a situation where the fibers of the boundary fibration, obtained here by blowup of the corner in question, are themselves manifolds with corners.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3208

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zbMATH Keywords

wave equationpropagation of singularitiesmanifold with cornerssingularity reflection from corners

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs (35B65) Wave front sets in context of PDEs (35A18) Singularity in context of PDEs (35A21) Wave equation (35L05) Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to partial differential equations (35-02) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

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