Special Session 173: Mathematical and Numerical Analysis on Nonlinear PDEs

Recent progress on the semilinear damped wave equation with slowly decaying data
Yuta Wakasugi
Hiroshima University
Japan
Co-Author(s):    Yuta Wakasugi
Abstract:
Consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear damped wave equation $u_{tt} - \Delta u + u_t = |u|^p$ for $t>0, x\in \mathbb{R}^n$. By the studies conducted from the 1990s to the early 2000s, it is known that, for smooth compactly supported initial data, the critical exponent is given by the so-called Fujita critical exponent ($p=1+2/n$). Subsequently, the critical exponent problem with non-compactly supported or slowly decaying (in general not in $L^1$) initial data has also been studied. In this talk, we review previous studies and present some recent progress on this topic.