Unique conservative solutions to a variational wave equation

DOI10.1007/S00205-015-0849-YMaRDI QIDQ2354701zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alberto Bressan, Geng Chen, Qingtian Zhang

Publication date 20 July 2015

Published in Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.2012

zbMATH Keywords

analysis of chracteristics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Second-order quasilinear hyperbolic equations (35L72)

Abstract: Relying on the analysis of characteristics, we prove the uniqueness of conservative solutions to the variational wave equation $u_{tt}-c(u)(c(u)u_x{)}_x=0$. Given a solution $u(t,x)$, even if the wave speed $c(u)$ is only H"older continuous in the $t$-$x$ plane, one can still define forward and backward characteristics in a unique way. Using a new set of independent variables $X,Y$, constant along characteristics, we prove that $t,x,u$, together with other variables, satisfy a semilinear system with smooth coefficients. From the uniqueness of the solution to this semilinear system, one obtains the uniqueness of conservative solutions to the Cauchy problem for the wave equation with general initial data $u(0,cdot)in{H}^1(mathbbR)$, $u_t(0,cdot)in{L}^2(mathbbR)$.

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