Sharp polynomial decay rates for the damped wave equation with Hölder-like damping

We study decay rates for the energy of solutions of the damped wave equation on the torus. We consider dampings invariant in one direction and bounded above and below by multiples of \(x^{\beta}\) near the boundary of the support and show decay at rate \(1/t^{\frac{\beta+2}{\beta+3}}\). In the case...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-03
Main Authors: Datchev, Kiril, Kleinhenz, Perry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Damping
Decay rate
Polynomials
Toruses
Wave equations
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Summary:We study decay rates for the energy of solutions of the damped wave equation on the torus. We consider dampings invariant in one direction and bounded above and below by multiples of \(x^{\beta}\) near the boundary of the support and show decay at rate \(1/t^{\frac{\beta+2}{\beta+3}}\). In the case where \(W\) vanishes exactly like \(x^{\beta}\) this result is optimal by work of the second author. The proof uses a version of the Morawetz multiplier method.
ISSN:2331-8422