Late-time tail for a scalar quasilinear wave equation satisfying the weak null condition

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Main Authors: Luk, Jonathan, Oh, Sung-Jin, Yu, Dongxiao
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author Luk, Jonathan
Oh, Sung-Jin
Yu, Dongxiao
author_facet Luk, Jonathan
Oh, Sung-Jin
Yu, Dongxiao
contents We consider a class of scalar quasilinear wave equations in three spatial dimensions satisfying the weak null condition. For solutions arising from small, localized, smooth data, we give an asymptotic formula describing the global asymptotics towards the future. We prove that the late-time asymptotics is given by a continuous superposition of decay rates, in stark contrast to equations satisfying a null condition. The asymptotic formula we obtain is given in terms of a solution to the linear wave equation. Combining this with analysis on the linear wave equation, we strengthen some rigidity results of the third author, showing in particular that any solution with a faster time decay than expected away from the wave zone must vanish identically.
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spellingShingle Late-time tail for a scalar quasilinear wave equation satisfying the weak null condition
Luk, Jonathan
Oh, Sung-Jin
Yu, Dongxiao
Analysis of PDEs
We consider a class of scalar quasilinear wave equations in three spatial dimensions satisfying the weak null condition. For solutions arising from small, localized, smooth data, we give an asymptotic formula describing the global asymptotics towards the future. We prove that the late-time asymptotics is given by a continuous superposition of decay rates, in stark contrast to equations satisfying a null condition. The asymptotic formula we obtain is given in terms of a solution to the linear wave equation. Combining this with analysis on the linear wave equation, we strengthen some rigidity results of the third author, showing in particular that any solution with a faster time decay than expected away from the wave zone must vanish identically.
title Late-time tail for a scalar quasilinear wave equation satisfying the weak null condition
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22122