On the illposedness and stability of the relativistic heat equation

DOI10.1063/1.5123393zbMATH Open1442.35171arXiv1909.08271OpenAlexW3102938199MaRDI QIDQ3298930FDOQ3298930

Authors: A. L. García-Perciante, O. Reula 

Publication date: 16 July 2020

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we analyze, in terms of a simple example, the incompatibility of parabolic evolution and general covariance. For this we introduce a unit time-like four-vector and study the simplest heat flux equation with respect to it. In cases where this vector field is surface forming then the local high wave number limit shows well posedness, but as soon as that property is lost the Cauchy problem becomes ill-posed. We also discuss how the Maxwell-Cattaneo type modification of the system renders it well posed and link the amplitude of the modification, which is related to the so-called second wave speed of the system, to the size of the failure of surface orthogonality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.08271

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heat equation (35K05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10)

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