Integral criterion conjecture for semilinear wave equations

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Consider the Cauchy problem for the semilinear wave equation with nonlinearity

F(u)=∣u∣pSμ(∣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)λ dλ.\int_0^{\lambda_0}\frac{\mu^{p_S}(\lambda)}{\lambda}\,d\lambda.

Integral criterion conjecture. Small-data global existence holds if

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

whereas if

∫0λ0μpS(λ)λ dλ=∞,\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.

References

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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