Integral criterion conjecture for semilinear wave equations

Consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear wave equation with nonlinearity

F(u)=upSμ(u),F(u)=|u|^{p_S}\mu(|u|),

where pSp_S is the Strauss exponent and μ:[0,)[0,)\mu:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty) is continuous, increasing, and satisfies μ(0)=0\mu(0)=0. For some λ0>0\lambda_0>0, consider the critical integral

0λ0μpS(λ)λdλ.\int_0^{\lambda_0}\frac{\mu^{p_S}(\lambda)}{\lambda}\,d\lambda.

Integral criterion conjecture. Small-data global existence holds if

0λ0μpS(λ)λdλ<,\int_0^{\lambda_0}\frac{\mu^{p_S}(\lambda)}{\lambda}\,d\lambda<\infty,

whereas if

0λ0μpS(λ)λdλ=,\int_0^{\lambda_0}\frac{\mu^{p_S}(\lambda)}{\lambda}\,d\lambda=\infty,

then the solution blows up at finite time in general. This conjecture proposes a unified integral criterion for the two opposite phenomena. The preceding iteration estimates suggest the criterion, but the general sufficiency and necessity statements are left open in the source.

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Primary source

Chengbo Wang and Xiaoran Zhang, “Generalized Strauss conjecture for semilinear wave equations on R^3”, arXiv:2405.12761 (2024).

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