Unique Conservative Solutions to a Variational Wave Equation

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Alberto Bressan, Geng Chen, Qingtian Zhang]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 217/3(2015-09-01), 1069-1101
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Relying on the analysis of characteristics, we prove the uniqueness of conservative solutions to the variational wave equation $${u_{tt} - c (u) (c(u)u_{x}) x = 0}$$ u t t - c ( u ) ( c ( u ) u x ) x = 0 . Given a solution u(t, x), even if the wave speed c(u) is only Hör 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 $${u(0, \cdot) \in H^{1}(I\!R), u_{t} (0, \cdot) \in L^{2}(I\!R).}$$ u ( 0 , · ) ∈ H 1 ( I R ) , u t ( 0 , · ) ∈ L 2 ( I R ) . 
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700 1 |a Chen  |D Geng  |u School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Zhang  |D Qingtian  |u Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Bressan  |D Alberto  |u Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Chen  |D Geng  |u School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA, USA  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Zhang  |D Qingtian  |u Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA  |4 aut 
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