Variations on the wave equation

DOI10.1002/MMA.207MaRDI QIDQ5890235zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rolf Leis

Publication date 13 February 2002

Published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.207

zbMATH Keywords

generalized solutionsHilbert space methodsinitial-boundary value problemintegral equation methodsspectral representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of partial differential equations (35-03) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Wave equation (35L05) Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L20) First-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L60) Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25)

Review text

This paper is a survey on methods for investigation of wave equations, developed during 20th century. The vibration processes in mechanics and other areas of physics are described by the wave equation or by related equations and systems. The results and methods obtained thereby have been very important in other fields of application, and they still are. They also had and still have an immense influence on the development of mathematics as a whole. The author considers some important methods, for instance, integral equation methods, Hilbert space method and spectral representation. Generalized solutions to initial-boundary value problems are mentioned, and some applications are indicated. The reader is referred to a list of 115 books and papers where one may find a description of the methods for solving wave equations.

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