Wave equations and symmetric first-order systems in case of low regularity

Details Wave equations and symmetric first-order systems in case of low regularity Wave equations and symmetric first-order systems in case of low regularity

2012-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/1202.0406v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

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We analyse an algorithm of transition between Cauchy problems for second-order wave equations and first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems in case the coefficients as well as the data are non-smooth, even allowing for regularity below the standard conditions guaranteeing well-posedness. The typical operations involved in rewriting equations into systems are then neither defined classically nor consistently extendible to the distribution theoretic setting. However, employing the nonlinear theory of generalized functions in the sense of Colombeau we arrive at clear statements about the transfer of questions concerning solvability and uniqueness from wave equations to symmetric hyperbolic systems and vice versa. Finally, we illustrate how this transfer method allows to draw new conclusions on unique solvability of the Cauchy problem for wave equations with non-smooth coefficients.

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