Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces

The theory of nonlinear weakly hyperbolic equations was developed during the last decade in an astonishing way. Today we have a good overview about assumptions which guarantee local well posedness in spaces of smooth functions (C∞, Gevrey). But the situation is completely unclear in the case of Sobo...

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Main Author: Michael Reissig
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1997-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000377
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description The theory of nonlinear weakly hyperbolic equations was developed during the last decade in an astonishing way. Today we have a good overview about assumptions which guarantee local well posedness in spaces of smooth functions (C∞, Gevrey). But the situation is completely unclear in the case of Sobolev spaces. Examples from the linear theory show that in opposite to the strictly hyperbolic case we have in general no solutions valued in Sobolev spaces. If so-called Levi conditions are satisfied, then the situation will be better. Using sharp Levi conditions of C∞-type leads to an interesting effect. The linear weakly hyperbolic Cauchy problem has a Sobolev solution if the data are sufficiently smooth. The loss of derivatives will be determined in essential by special lower order terms. In the present paper we show that it is even possible to prove the existence of Sobolev solutions in the quasilinear case although one has the finite loss of derivatives for the linear case. Some of the tools are a reduction process to problems with special asymptotical behaviour, a Gronwall type lemma for differential inequalities with a singular coefficient, energy estimates and a fixed point argument.
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spelling doaj-art-df629f9b5c8b4784b9316f742fc55cd42025-08-20T03:25:59ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751997-01-0123-423925610.1155/S1085337597000377Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spacesMichael Reissig0Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Bernhard von Cotta Str.2, Freiberg 09596, GermanyThe theory of nonlinear weakly hyperbolic equations was developed during the last decade in an astonishing way. Today we have a good overview about assumptions which guarantee local well posedness in spaces of smooth functions (C∞, Gevrey). But the situation is completely unclear in the case of Sobolev spaces. Examples from the linear theory show that in opposite to the strictly hyperbolic case we have in general no solutions valued in Sobolev spaces. If so-called Levi conditions are satisfied, then the situation will be better. Using sharp Levi conditions of C∞-type leads to an interesting effect. The linear weakly hyperbolic Cauchy problem has a Sobolev solution if the data are sufficiently smooth. The loss of derivatives will be determined in essential by special lower order terms. In the present paper we show that it is even possible to prove the existence of Sobolev solutions in the quasilinear case although one has the finite loss of derivatives for the linear case. Some of the tools are a reduction process to problems with special asymptotical behaviour, a Gronwall type lemma for differential inequalities with a singular coefficient, energy estimates and a fixed point argument.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000377Quasilinear weakly hyperbolic equationstime degeneracylocal existenceLevi conditionsSobolev spacesenergy method.
spellingShingle Michael Reissig
Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Quasilinear weakly hyperbolic equations
time degeneracy
local existence
Levi conditions
Sobolev spaces
energy method.
title Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
title_full Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
title_fullStr Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
title_full_unstemmed Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
title_short Weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in Sobolev spaces
title_sort weakly hyperbolic equations with time degeneracy in sobolev spaces
topic Quasilinear weakly hyperbolic equations
time degeneracy
local existence
Levi conditions
Sobolev spaces
energy method.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1085337597000377
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