Finite propagation speed for solutions of the wave equation on metric graphs

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2012.06.005MaRDI QIDQ447901zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vadim Kostrykin, Robert Schrader, Jürgen Potthoff

Publication date 30 August 2012

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0817

zbMATH Keywords

wave equationmetric graphsfinite propagation speedLaplace operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) PDEs on graphs and networks (ramified or polygonal spaces) (35R02)

Abstract: We provide a class of self-adjoint Laplace operators on metric graphs with the property that the solutions of the associated wave equation satisfy the finite propagation speed property. The proof uses energy methods, which are adaptions of corresponding methods for smooth manifolds.

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