Self-similar solutions of the cubic wave equation

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/23/2/002zbMATH Open1184.35209arXiv0905.3834OpenAlexW3099784112MaRDI QIDQ3408261FDOQ3408261

Authors: Piotr Bizoń, P. Breitenlohner, D. Maison, Arthur G. Wasserman 

Publication date: 25 February 2010

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the focusing cubic wave equation in three spatial dimensions has a countable family of self-similar solutions which are smooth inside the past light cone of the singularity. These solutions are labeled by an integer index $n$ which counts the number of oscillations of the solution. The linearized operator around the $n$-th solution is shown to have $n+1$ negative eigenvalues (one of which corresponds to the gauge mode) which implies that all $n>0$ solutions are unstable. It is also shown that all $n>0$ solutions have a singularity outside the past light cone which casts doubt on whether these solutions may participate in the Cauchy evolution, even for non-generic initial data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3834

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zbMATH Keywords

three spatial dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Self-similar solutions to PDEs (35C06) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Second-order semilinear hyperbolic equations (35L71)

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