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August  2015, 35(8): 3327-3342. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.3327

Existence and regularity of solutions in nonlinear wave equations

Geng Chen 1, and  Yannan Shen 2,

1. 

School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. 30332
2. 

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, United States

Received  September 2014 Revised  October 2014 Published  February 2015

In this paper, we study the global existence and regularity of Hölder continuous solutions for a series of nonlinear partial differential equations describing nonlinear waves.
Keywords: Hölder continuity., singularity, large data, existence, Nonlinear wave equations.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35L05; Secondary: 35L6.
Citation: Geng Chen, Yannan Shen. Existence and regularity of solutions in nonlinear wave equations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2015, 35 (8) : 3327-3342. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.3327
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P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 166 (2003), 303.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-002-0232-7.  Google Scholar

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P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Conservative solutions to a system of variational wave equations of nematic liquid crystals,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 195 (2010), 701.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-009-0222-0.  Google Scholar

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P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Energy conservative solutions to a one-dimensional full variational wave system,, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 65 (2012), 683.  doi: 10.1002/cpa.20380.  Google Scholar

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A. Bressan and A. Constantin, Global solutions of the Hunter-Saxton equation,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 37 (2005), 996.  doi: 10.1137/050623036.  Google Scholar

[2]

A. Bressan and A. Constantin, Global conservative solutions to the Camassa-Holm equation,, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 183 (2007), 215.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-006-0010-z.  Google Scholar

[3]

A. Bressan, H. Holden and X. Raynaud, Lipschitz metric for the Hunter-Saxton equation,, J. Math. Pures Appl. (9), 94 (2010), 68.  doi: 10.1016/j.matpur.2010.02.005.  Google Scholar

[4]

A. Bressan and Y. Zheng, Conservative solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation,, Comm. Math. Phys., 266 (2006), 471.  doi: 10.1007/s00220-006-0047-8.  Google Scholar

[5]

A. Bressan, P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Asymptotic variational wave equations,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 183 (2007), 163.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-006-0014-8.  Google Scholar

[6]

G. Chen, Formation of singularity and smooth wave propagation for the non-isentropic compressible Euler equations,, J. Hyperbolic Differ. Equ., 8 (2011), 671.  doi: 10.1142/S0219891611002536.  Google Scholar

[7]

G. Chen, R. Pan and S. Zhu, Singularity formation for compressible Euler equations,, submitted, ().   Google Scholar

[8]

G. Chen and R. Young, Smooth waves and gradient blowup for the inhomogeneous wave equations,, J. Differential Equations, 252 (2012), 2580.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2011.09.004.  Google Scholar

[9]

G. Chen, R. Young and Q. Zhang, Shock formation in the compressible Euler equations and related systems,, J. Hyperbolic Differ. Equ., 10 (2013), 149.  doi: 10.1142/S0219891613500069.  Google Scholar

[10]

G. Chen, P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Energy conservative solutions to a nonlinear wave system of nematic liquid crystals,, Comm. Pure Appl. Anal., 12 (2013), 1445.  doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1445.  Google Scholar

[11]

G. Chen and Y. Zheng, Existence and singularity to a wave system of nematic liquid crystals,, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 398 (2013), 170.  doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2012.08.048.  Google Scholar

[12]

C. M. Dafermos, Hyperbolic Conservations Laws in Continuum Physics, (third edition),, Springer-Verlag, (2010).  doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-04048-1.  Google Scholar

[13]

H. Holden and X. Raynaud, Global semigroup of conservative solutions of the nonlinear variational wave equation,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 201 (2011), 871.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-011-0403-5.  Google Scholar

[14]

R. Glassey, J. Hunter and Y. Zheng, Singularities of a variational wave equation,, J. Differential Equations, 129 (1996), 49.  doi: 10.1006/jdeq.1996.0111.  Google Scholar

[15]

R. Glassey, J. Hunter and Y. Zheng, Singularities and Oscillations in a Nonlinear Variational Wave Equation,, Singularities and Oscillations, 91 (1997), 37.  doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1972-9_3.  Google Scholar

[16]

J. K. Hunter and R. H. Saxton, Dynamics of director fields,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 51 (1991), 1498.  doi: 10.1137/0151075.  Google Scholar

[17]

J. K. Hunter and Y. Zheng, On a nonlinear hyperbolic variational equation: I. global existence of weak solutions,, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 129 (1995), 305.  doi: 10.1007/BF00379259.  Google Scholar

[18]

J. K. Hunter and Y. Zheng, On a nonlinear hyperbolic variational equation: II. the zero viscosity and dispersion limits,, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 129 (1995), 355.  doi: 10.1007/BF00379260.  Google Scholar

[19]

P. Lax, Development of singularities of solutions of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations,, J. Math. Physics, 5 (1964), 611.  doi: 10.1063/1.1704154.  Google Scholar

[20]

P. Lax and J. Glimm, Decay of Solutions of Systems of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws,, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 101 (1970).   Google Scholar

[21]

H. Lindblad, Global solutions of nonlinear wave equations,, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 45 (1992), 1063.  doi: 10.1002/cpa.3160450902.  Google Scholar

[22]

P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 166 (2003), 303.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-002-0232-7.  Google Scholar

[23]

P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation with general data,, Ann. I. H. Poincaré, 22 (2005), 207.  doi: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2004.04.001.  Google Scholar

[24]

P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Conservative solutions to a system of variational wave equations of nematic liquid crystals,, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 195 (2010), 701.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-009-0222-0.  Google Scholar

[25]

P. Zhang and Y. Zheng, Energy conservative solutions to a one-dimensional full variational wave system,, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 65 (2012), 683.  doi: 10.1002/cpa.20380.  Google Scholar

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