The critical nonlinear wave equation in two space dimensions (Q363234)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
The critical nonlinear wave equation in two space dimensions
scientific article

    Statements

    The critical nonlinear wave equation in two space dimensions (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    2 September 2013
    0 references
    The author establishes the well-posedness of the nonlinear wave equation \( u_{tt}-\Delta u+ue^{u^{2}}=0\) in \(\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^{2}\) with Cauchy data \((u,u_{t})_{t=0}=(u_{0},u_{1})\) for general \(u_{0},u_{1}\in C^{\infty }(\mathbb{R}^{2})\). The main result of the paper proves the existence of a unique smooth and global in time solution of this wave equation with critical nonlinearity. For the proof, the author argues indirectly assuming that a local solution cannot be smoothly extended. He indeed follows some of the arguments presented in his previous paper [Math. Ann. 350, No. 3, 707--719 (2011; Zbl 1227.35216)]. He also uses some energy estimates quoted from the paper by \textit{S. Ibrahim} et al. in [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 59, No. 11, 1639--1658 (2006; Zbl 1117.35049)], where a similar problem is studied, but here assuming that the Cauchy data are such that their energy \(\int_{\mathbb{R}^{2}}(\frac{1}{2} \left| u_{1}\right| ^{2}+\left| \nabla u_{0}\right| ^{2}+e^{u_{0}^{2}})dx\leq 2\pi\). The author finally improves the Moser-Trudinger estimates, as the above nonlinear wave equation is closely linked to the critical Sobolev embedding in the 2D case.
    0 references
    critical nonlinearity
    0 references
    Moser-Trudinger estimate
    0 references
    well-posedness
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references