The Cauchy Problem for Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems with Nonlocal Potentials

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Autori principali: Finster, Felix, Murro, Simone, Schmid, Gabriel
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author Finster, Felix
Murro, Simone
Schmid, Gabriel
author_facet Finster, Felix
Murro, Simone
Schmid, Gabriel
contents In this paper, we investigate the initial value problem for symmetric hyperbolic systems on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with potentials that are both nonlocal in time and space. When the potential is retarded and uniformly bounded in time, we establish well-posedness of the Cauchy problem on a time strip, proving existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions. If the potential is not retarded but has only short time range, we show that strong solutions still exist, under the additional assumptions that the uniform bound in time is sufficiently small compared to the range in time and that its kernel decays sufficiently fast in time with respect to the zero-order terms of the system. Furthermore, we present a counterexample demonstrating that when the uniform bound is too large compared to the time range, solutions may fail to exist. As an application, we discuss Maxwell's equations in linear dispersive media on ultrastatic spacetimes, as well as the Dirac equation with nonlocal potential naturally arising in the theory of causal fermion systems. Our paper aims to represent the starting point for a rigorous study for the Cauchy problem for the semiclassical Einstein equations.
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spellingShingle The Cauchy Problem for Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems with Nonlocal Potentials
Finster, Felix
Murro, Simone
Schmid, Gabriel
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
Primary: 35L03, 58J45, Secondary: 35Q61, 35Q41
In this paper, we investigate the initial value problem for symmetric hyperbolic systems on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with potentials that are both nonlocal in time and space. When the potential is retarded and uniformly bounded in time, we establish well-posedness of the Cauchy problem on a time strip, proving existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions. If the potential is not retarded but has only short time range, we show that strong solutions still exist, under the additional assumptions that the uniform bound in time is sufficiently small compared to the range in time and that its kernel decays sufficiently fast in time with respect to the zero-order terms of the system. Furthermore, we present a counterexample demonstrating that when the uniform bound is too large compared to the time range, solutions may fail to exist. As an application, we discuss Maxwell's equations in linear dispersive media on ultrastatic spacetimes, as well as the Dirac equation with nonlocal potential naturally arising in the theory of causal fermion systems. Our paper aims to represent the starting point for a rigorous study for the Cauchy problem for the semiclassical Einstein equations.
title The Cauchy Problem for Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems with Nonlocal Potentials
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
Primary: 35L03, 58J45, Secondary: 35Q61, 35Q41
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05004