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Alessandro Palmieri

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arXiv2020

Lifespan estimates for local solutions to the semilinear wave equation in Einstein-de Sitter spacetime

In this paper, we prove some blow-up results for the semilinear wave equation in generalized Einstein-de Sitter spacetime by using an iteration argument and we derive upper bound estimates for the lifespan. In particular, we will focus on the critical cases which require the employment of a slicing procedure in the iterative mechanism. Furthermore, in order to deal with the main critical case, we will introduce a non-autonomous and parameter-dependent Cauchy problem for a linear ODE of second-order, whose explicit solution will be determined by applying the theory of special functions.

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arXiv2020

A blow-up result for a generalized Tricomi equation with nonlinearity of derivative type

In this note, we prove a blow-up result for a semilinear generalized Tricomi equation with nonlinear term of derivative type, i.e., for the equation $\mathscr{T}_{\!\!\ell} u = |\partial_t u|^p$, where $ \mathscr{T}_{\!\!\ell} = \partial_t^2-t^{2\ell}Δ$. Smooth solutions blow up in finite time for positive Cauchy data when the exponent $p$ of the nonlinear term is below $\frac{\mathscr{Q}}{\mathscr{Q}-2}$, where $\mathscr{Q}=(\ell+1)n+1$ is the quasi-homogeneous dimension of the generalized Tricomi operator $\mathscr{T}_{\!\!\ell}$. Furthermore, we get also an upper bound estimate for the lifespan.

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arXiv2020

On the blow-up of solutions to semilinear damped wave equations with power nonlinearity in compact Lie groups

In this note, we prove a blow-up result for the semilinear damped wave equation in a compact Lie group with power nonlinearity $|u|^p$ for any $p>1$, under suitable integral sign assumptions for the initial data, by using an iteration argument. A byproduct of this method is the upper bound estimate for the lifespan of a local in time solution. As a preliminary result, a local (in time) existence result is proved in the energy space via Fourier analysis on compact Lie groups.

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arXiv2020

A global existence result for a semilinear wave equation with lower order terms on compact Lie groups

In this paper, we study the semilinear wave equation with lower order terms (damping and mass) and with power type nonlinearity $|u|^p$ on compact Lie groups. We will prove the global in time existence of small data solutions in the evolution energy space without requiring any lower bounds for $p>1$. In our approach, we employ some results from Fourier analysis on compact Lie groups.

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arXiv2019

Nonexistence of global solutions for the semilinear Moore-Gibson-Thompson equation in the conservative case

In this work, the Cauchy problem for the semilinear Moore-Gibson-Thompson (MGT) equation with power nonlinearity $|u|^p$ on the right-hand side is studied. Applying $L^2-L^2$ estimates and a fixed point theorem, we obtain local (in time) existence of solutions to the semilinear MGT equation. Then, the blow-up of local in time solutions is proved by using an iteration method, under certain sign assumption for initial data, and providing that the exponent of the power of the nonlinearity fulfills $1 < p \leqslant p_{\mathrm{Str}}(n)$ for $n \geqslant2$ and $p>1$ for $n=1$. Here the Strauss exponent $p_{\mathrm{Str}}(n)$ is the critical exponent for the semilinear wave equation with power nonlinearity. In particular, in the limit case $p=p_{\mathrm{Str}}(n)$ a different approach with a weighted space average of a local in time solution is considered.

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arXiv2019

A blow-up result for a semilinear wave equation with scale-invariant damping and mass and nonlinearity of derivative type

In this note, we prove blow-up results for semilinear wave models with damping and mass in the scale-invariant case and with nonlinear terms of derivative type. We consider the single equation and the weakly coupled system. In the first case we get a blow-up result for exponents below a certain shift of the Glassey exponent. For the weakly coupled system we find as critical curve a shift of the corresponding curve for the weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with the same kind of nonlinearities. Our approach follows the one for the respective classical wave equation by Zhou Yi. In particular, an explicit integral representation formula for a solution of the corresponding linear scale-invariant wave equation, which is derived by using Yagdjian's integral transform approach, is employed in the blow-up argument. While in the case of the single equation we may use a comparison argument, for the weakly coupled system an iteration argument is applied.

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arXiv2019

A blow-up result for the semilinear Moore-Gibson-Thompson equation with nonlinearity of derivative type in the conservative case

In this paper, we study the blow-up of solutions to the semilinear Moore-Gibson-Thompson (MGT) equation with nonlinearity of derivative type $|u_t|^p$ in the conservative case. We apply an iteration method in order to study both the subcritical case and the critical case. Hence, we obtain a blow-up result for the semilinear MGT equation (under suitable assumptions for initial data) when the exponent $p$ for the nonlinear term satisfies $1 1$ for $n=1$. In particular, we find the same blow-up range for $p$ as in the corresponding semilinear wave equation with nonlinearity of derivative type.

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arXiv2019

Critical exponent of Fujita-type for the semilinear damped wave equation on the Heisenberg group with power nonlinearity

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear damped wave equation on the Heisenberg group with power nonlinearity. We prove that the critical exponent is the Fujita exponent $p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q}) = 1+2 / \mathscr{Q}$, where $\mathscr{Q}$ is the homogeneous dimension of the Heisenberg group. On the one hand, we will prove the global existence of small data solutions for $p >p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q})$ in an exponential weighted energy space. On the other hand, a blow-up result for $1 < p \leq p_{\mathrm{Fuj}}(\mathscr{Q})$ under certain integral sign assumptions for the Cauchy data by using the test function method.

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arXiv2019

Decay estimates for the linear damped wave equation on the Heisenberg group

This paper is devoted to the derivation of $L^2$ - $L^2$ decay estimates for the solution of the homogeneous linear damped wave equation on the Heisenberg group $\mathbf{H}_n$, for its time derivative and for its horizontal gradient. Moreover, we consider the improvement of these estimates when further $L^1(\mathbf{H}_n)$ regularity is required for the Cauchy data. Our approach will rely strongly on the group Fourier transform of $\mathbf{H}_n$ and on the properties of the Hermite functions that form a maximal orthonormal system for $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ of eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator.

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arXiv2019

Lifespan estimates for local in time solutions to the semilinear heat equation on the Heisenberg group

In this paper we consider the semilinear Cauchy problem for the heat equation with power nonlinearity in the Heisenberg group $\mathbf{H}_n$. The heat operator is given in this case by $\partial_t-Δ_H$, where $Δ_H$ is the so-called sub-Laplacian on $\mathbf{H}_n$. We prove that the Fujita exponent $1 + 2/Q$ is critical, where $Q = 2n + 2$ is the homogeneous dimension of $\mathbf{H}_n$. Furthermore, we prove sharp lifespan estimates for local in time solutions in the subcritical case and in the critical case. In order to get the upper bound estimate for the lifespan (especially, in the critical case) we employ a revisited test function method developed recently by Ikeda-Sobajima. On the other hand, to find the lower bound estimate for the lifespan we prove a local in time result in weighted $L^\infty$ space.

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arXiv2019

Integral representation formulae for the solution of a wave equation with time-dependent damping and mass in the scale-invariant case

This paper is devoted to derive integral representation formulae for the solution of an inhomogeneous linear wave equation with time-dependent damping and mass terms, that are scale-invariant with respect to the so-called hyperbolic scaling. Yagdjian's integral transform approach is employed for this purpose. The main step in our argument consists in determining the kernel functions for the different integral terms, which are related to the source term and to initial data. We will start with the one dimensional case (in space). We point out that we may not apply in a straightforward way Duhamel's principle to deal with the source term since the coefficients of lower order terms make our model not invariant by time translation. On the contrary, we shall begin with the representation formula for the inhomogeneous equation with vanishing data by using a revised Duhamel's principle. Then, we will derive the representation of the solution in the homogeneous case with nontrivial data. After deriving the formula in the one dimensional case, the classical approach by spherical means is used in order to deal with the odd dimensional case. Finally, using the method of descent, the representation formula in the even dimensional case is proved.

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arXiv2019

Nonexistence of global solutions for a weakly coupled system of semilinear damped wave equations in the scattering case with mixed nonlinear terms

In this paper we consider the blow-up of solutions to a weakly coupled system of semilinear damped wave equations in the scattering case with nonlinearities of mixed type, namely, in one equation a power nonlinearity and in the other a semilinear term of derivative type. The proof of the blow-up results is based on an iteration argument. As expected, due to the assumptions on the coefficients of the damping terms, we find as critical curve in the p-q plane for the pair of exponents (p,q) in the nonlinear terms the same one found by Hidano-Yokoyama and, recently, by Ikeda-Sobajima-Wakasa for the weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with the same kind of nonlinearities. In the critical and not-damped case we provide a different approach from the test function method applied by Ikeda-Sobajima-Wakasa to prove the blow-up of the solution on the critical curve, improving in some cases the upper bound estimate for the lifespan. More precisely, we combine an iteration argument with the so-called slicing method to show the blow-up dynamic of a weighted version of the functionals used in the subcritical case.

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arXiv2018

Nonexistence of global solutions for a weakly coupled system of semilinear damped wave equations of derivative type in the scattering case

In this paper we consider the blow-up for solutions to a weakly coupled system of semilinear damped wave equations of derivative type in the scattering case. After introducing suitable functionals proposed by Lai-Takamura for the corresponding single semilinear equation, we employ Kato's lemma to derive the blow-up result in the subcritical case. On the other hand, in the critical case an iteration procedure based on the slicing method is employed. Let us point out that we find as critical curve in the p-q plane for the pair of exponents (p, q) in the nonlinear terms the same one as for the weakly coupled system of semilinear not-damped wave equations with the same kind of nonlinearities.

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arXiv2018

Blow-up for a weakly coupled system of semilinear damped wave equations in the scattering case with power nonlinearities

In this work we study the blow-up of solutions of a weakly coupled system of damped semilinear wave equations in the scattering case with power nonlinearities. We apply an iteration method to study both the subcritical case and the critical case. In the subcritical case our approach is based on lower bounds for the space averages of the components of local solutions. In the critical case we use the slicing method and a couple of auxiliary functions, recently introduced by Wakasa-Yordanov, to modify the definition of the functionals with the introduction of weight terms. In particular, we find as critical curve for the pair (p, q) of the exponents in the nonlinear terms the same one as for the weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with power nonlinearities.

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arXiv2018

A note on a conjecture for the critical curve of a weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with scale-invariant lower order terms

In this note two blow-up results are proved for a weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with distinct scale-invariant lower order terms both in the subcritical case and in the critical case, when the damping and the mass terms make both equations in some sense "wave-like". In the proof of the subcritical case an iteration argument is used. This approach is based on a coupled system of nonlinear ordinary integral inequalities and lower bound estimates for the spatial integral of the nonlinearities. In the critical case we employ a test function type method, that has been developed recently by Ikeda-Sobajima-Wakasa and relies strongly on a family of certain self-similar solutions of the adjoint linear equation. Therefore, as critical curve in the p - q plane of the exponents of the power nonlinearities for this weakly coupled system we conjecture a shift of the critical curve for the corresponding weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations.

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arXiv2018

Weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with distinct scale-invariant terms in the linear part

In this work we determine the critical exponent for a weakly coupled system of semilinear wave equations with distinct scale-invariant lower order terms, when these terms make both equations in some sense parabolic-like. For the blow-up result the test functions method is applied, while for the global existence (in time) results we use L2-L2 estimates with additional L1 regularity.

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arXiv2018

Lifespan of semilinear wave equation with scale invariant dissipation and mass and sub-Strauss power nonlinearity

In this paper, we study the blow-up of solutions for semilinear wave equations with scale-invariant dissipation and mass in the case in which the model is somehow 'wave-like'. A Strauss type critical exponent is determined as the upper bound for the exponent in the nonlinearity in the main theorems. Two blow-up results are obtained for the sub-critical case and for the critical case, respectively. In both cases, an upper bound lifespan estimate is given.

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arXiv2018

A global existence result for a semilinear wave equation with scale-invariant damping and mass in even space dimension

In the present article a semilinear wave equation with scale-invariant damping and mass is considered. The global (in time) existence of radial symmetric solutions in even spatial dimension $n$ is proved using weighted $L^\infty-L^\infty$ estimates, under the assumption that the multiplicative constants, which appear in the coefficients of damping and of mass terms, fulfill an interplay condition which yields somehow a "wave-like" model. In particular, combining this existence result with a recently proved blow-up result, a suitable shift of Strauss exponent is proved to be the critical exponent for the considered model. Moreover, the still open part of a conjecture done by D'Abbicco - Lucente - Reissig is proved to be true in the massless case.

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