# 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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