# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

October  2014, 19(8): 2603-2616. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2603

## Variational approach to stability of semilinear wave equation with nonlinear boundary conditions

 1 University of Lodz, Faculty of Math & Computer Sciences, Banacha 22, 90-238 Lodz

Received  October 2013 Revised  April 2014 Published  August 2014

We discuss solvability for the semilinear equation of the vibrating string $x_{tt}(t,y)-\Delta x(t,y)=F_{x}(t,y,x(t,y))-G_{x}(t,y,x(t,y))$ in bounded domain and same type of nonlinearity on the boundary. To this effect we derive new variational methods one for the boundary equation the second for interior equation. Next we discuss stability of solutions with respect to initial conditions basing on variational approach.
Citation: Andrzej Nowakowski. Variational approach to stability of semilinear wave equation with nonlinear boundary conditions. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2014, 19 (8) : 2603-2616. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.2603
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Differential Equations, 236 (2007), 407.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2007.02.004.  Google Scholar [10] M. M. Cavalcanti, V. N. D. Cavalcanti and P. Martinez, Existence and decay rate estimates for the wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping and source term,, J. Differential Equations, 203 (2004), 119.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2004.04.011.  Google Scholar [11] I. Ekeland and R. Temam, Convex Analysis and Variational Problems,, Studies Math. Appl. I, (1976).   Google Scholar [12] R. T. Glassey, Blow-up theorems for nonlinear wave equations,, Math. Z., 132 (1973), 183.  doi: 10.1007/BF01213863.  Google Scholar [13] H. A. Levine, Instability and nonexistence of global solutions of nonlinear wave equations of the form $Pu_{t t}$ = $Au+F(u)$,, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 192 (1974), 1.   Google Scholar [14] H. A. Levine and G. Todorova, Blow up of solutions of the Cauch problem for a wave equation with nonlinear damping term and source terms and positive initial energy,, Proc. Amer. Math. 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J., 22 (1975), 273.  doi: 10.1007/BF02761595.  Google Scholar [20] M. A. Rammaha, The influence of damping and source terms on solutions of nonlinear wave equations,, Bol. Soc. Parana. Mat., 25 (2007), 77.  doi: 10.5269/bspm.v25i1-2.7427.  Google Scholar [21] G. Todorova, Cauchy problem for a nonlinear wave equation with nonlinear damping and source terms,, Nonlinear Analysis, 41 (2000), 891.  doi: 10.1016/S0362-546X(98)00317-4.  Google Scholar [22] H. Tsutsumi, On solutions of semilinear differential equations in a Hilbert space,, Math. Japonicea, 17 (1972), 173.   Google Scholar [23] E. Vitillaro, Global existence of the wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping and source terms,, J. Differential Equations, 186 (2002), 259.  doi: 10.1016/S0022-0396(02)00023-2.  Google Scholar [24] E. Vitillaro, A potential well theory for the wave equation with nonlinear source and boundary damping terms,, Glasg. Math. J., 44 (2002), 375.  doi: 10.1017/S0017089502030045.  Google Scholar [25] B. Yordanov and Q. S. Zhang, Finite-time blowup for wave equations with a potential,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 36 (2005), 1426.  doi: 10.1137/S0036141004440198.  Google Scholar
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