Long-time energy stabilization conjecture for hyperbolic obstacle problems

Let s=1s=1 and consider an obstacle problem of the form of the wave equation with obstacle, with obstacle gg, and let uu be the weak solution obtained through the convex minimization approach described in the paper. Write E(u(t))E(u(t)) for its energy. Long-time behavior conjecture. At least for sufficiently regular obstacles gg, there exists tˉ>0\bar{t}>0 such that E(u(t))E(u(t)) is constant for every t>tˉt>\bar{t}. The conjecture predicts that, after sufficiently long time, the solution no longer undergoes energy-dissipating impacts and its energy stabilizes; no proof or resolution is supplied in the paper.

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Mauro Bonafini, Matteo Novaga and Giandomenico Orlandi, “A variational scheme for hyperbolic obstacle problems”, arXiv:1901.06974 (2019).

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