Profile decompositions for wave equations on hyperbolic space with applications

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DOI10.1007/S00208-015-1305-XzbMATH Open1353.35067arXiv1410.5847OpenAlexW1871236152MaRDI QIDQ289868FDOQ289868


Authors: Andrew G. W. Lawrie, Sungjin Oh, Sohrab Shahshahani Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 31 May 2016

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The goal for this paper is twofold. Our first main objective is to develop Bahouri-Gerard type profile decompositions for waves on hyperbolic space. Recently, such profile decompositions have proved to be a versatile tool in the study of the asymptotic dynamics of solutions to nonlinear wave equations with large energy. With an eye towards further applications, we develop this theory in a fairly general framework, which includes the case of waves on hyperbolic space perturbed by a time-independent potential. Our second objective is to use the profile decomposition to address a specific nonlinear problem, namely the question of global well-posedness and scattering for the defocusing, energy critical, semi-linear wave equation on three-dimensional hyperbolic space, possibly perturbed by a repulsive time-independent potential. Using the concentration compactness/rigidity method introduced by Kenig and Merle, we prove that all finite energy initial data lead to a global evolution that scatters to linear waves in infinite time. This proof will serve as a blueprint for the arguments in a forthcoming work, where we study the asymptotic behavior of large energy equivariant wave maps on the hyperbolic plane.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5847




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