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Universality of global dynamics for the cubic wave equation
We consider the initial value problem for the spherically symmetric, focusing
cubic wave equation in three spatial dimensions. We give numerical and
analytical evidence for the existence of a universal attractor which
encompasses both global and blowup solutions. As a byproduct we get an explicit
description of the critical behavior at the threshold of blowup.Comment: 13 pages, 15 figures. Uses IOP-style. Updated to conform with
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Hadamard well-posedness for a hyperbolic equation of viscoelasticity with supercritical sources and damping
Presented here is a study of a viscoelastic wave equation with supercritical
source and damping terms. We employ the theory of monotone operators and
nonlinear semigroups, combined with energy methods to establish the existence
of a unique local weak solution. In addition, it is shown that the solution
depends continuously on the initial data and is global provided the damping
dominates the source in an appropriate sense.Comment: The 2nd version includes a new proof of the energy identit
On the quenching behaviour of a semilinear wave equation modelling MEMS technology
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version 2015, 35(3), pp. 1009-1037 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/dcds.2015.35.100
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