Global non-scattering solutions conjecture for the cubic wave equation

Consider the cubic wave equation and its phase-space notation u(t)=(u(t),tu(t))\boldsymbol{u}(t)=(u(t),\partial_tu(t)), with Hs=H˙s(R3)×H˙s1(R3) \mathcal{H}^s=\dot H^s(\mathbb{R}^3)\times\dot H^{s-1}(\mathbb{R}^3). A solution scatters if it approaches a solution of the linear wave equation as tt\to\infty. A self-similar solution has the form

S(t,x)=1tφ(xt).S(t,x)=\frac{1}{t}\varphi\left(\frac{x}{t}\right).

Global non-scattering solutions conjecture. Let uu be a solution of the cubic wave equation with the prescribed initial-data problem, defined for t[0,)t\in[0,\infty) and not scattering to a linear solution as tt\to\infty. Then there exists a self-similar solution SS such that

limtu(t)S(t)L3({x<tt})+tu(t)+tS(t)L3/2({x<tt})=0.\lim_{t\to\infty}\left\|u(t)-S(t)\right\|_{L^3(\{|x|<t-\sqrt{t}\})}+\left\|\partial_tu(t)+\partial_tS(t)\right\|_{L^{3/2}(\{|x|<t-\sqrt{t}\})}=0.

Furthermore, there exists a linear-wave solution vLv_L with initial data satisfying vL(0)1/2<s1Hs\boldsymbol{v}_L(0)\in\bigcap_{1/2<s\leq1}\mathcal{H}^s and vL(0)H1/2\boldsymbol{v}_L(0)\notin\mathcal{H}^{1/2}, such that the stated asymptotic-linear relation holds. This conjecture proposes a general asymptotic description of global non-scattering solutions; the source does not establish it or determine which self-similar profile must occur.

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Thomas Duyckaerts and Giuseppe Negro, “Global solutions with asymptotic self-similar behaviour for the cubic wave equation”, arXiv:2304.09567 (2024).

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