A NNALES DE L ’I. H. P., SECTION A
M. N AKAMURA
T. O ZAWA
The Cauchy problem for nonlinear wave equations in the homogeneous Sobolev space
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The Cauchy problem for nonlinear
waveequations in the homogeneous Sobolev space
M.
NAKAMURA1,
T. OZAWADepartment of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
Article received on 16 September 1997
B~L71,n°2,1999, Physique theorique
ABSTRACT. - We consider the
Cauchy problem
for nonlinear waveequations
in thehomogeneous
Sobolev spacewhere n
2and
0 ~ ~ n/2 using
thegeneralized
Strichartz estimatesgiven by
J. Ginibre and G. Velo
( 1995).
@Elsevier,
ParisKey words : Nonlinear wave equations, Cauchy problem, Strichartz’ estimate, minimal regularity, homogeneous Besov estimates
RESUME. - Nous considerons Ie
probleme
deCauchy
pour desequations
d’ ondes non lineaires dansl’espace
de Sobolevhomogene
2 et
0 ~c ~/2,
utilisant les estimees de Strichartzgeneralisees
par J. Ginibre et G. Velo( 1995).
@Elsevier,
Paris1. INTRODUCTION
We
study
theCauchy problem
for nonlinear waveequations
of the formI JSPS fellow.
Annales de l’Institut Poincaré - Physique theorique - 0246-0211
71/99/02/(0 Elsevier, Paris
in the
homogeneous
Sobolev spacewith n
2 and0 n /2,
where A denotes the
Laplacian
in Rn and thetypical
form off (u )
is thesingle
power interaction with À E Rand 1 p oo . Asusually done,
with dataM(0) = ~,
weregard ( 1.1 )
as thefollowing integral equation.
where
= cos t~, K(t)
=There are many papers on the
Cauchy problem
for( 1.1 )
andlarge
timebehavior of
global solutions,
see[2,4,5,7-15,17-23]. Recently,
in[15]
H. Lindblad and C.D.
Sogge
studied(1.1)
in the Sobolev space with minimalregularity assumptions
on the data. One of thekey ingredients
in
[ISJ
isgeneralized
Strichartz estimates on the free waveequation.
Those estimates are described
exclusively
in terms of thehomogeneous
Sobolev space, and
accordingly,
the associated estimates on the nonlinearterm are
required
to take a form in the framework of thehomogeneous
Sobolev spaces.
Unfortunately, however,
when it comes to the Leibniz rule for frac- tionalderivatives,
it sometimeshappens
that additionalregularity
as-sumptions
onf
would be necessary more than one needed.Meanwhile,
we haverecently
found that theproblem
could beefficiently
dealt in the framework of thehomogeneous
Besov spaces[ 16],
see also
[3,7]. Moreover,
the Strichartz estimate are now available in thefully
extendedversion, especially
in thehomogeneous
Besovsetting [10].
The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the results of
[ 15]
on theCauchy problem
for( 1.1 )
in thehomogeneous
Sobolev spacesby
meansof a number of
sharp
estimates described in terms of thehomogeneous
Besov spaces. As a result of the
homogeneous
Besovtechnique,
we haverefined and
generalized
theprevious
results in some directions. To state ourtheorem,
we make a series of definitions.DEFINITION
1.1.-fbr ~ ~
-1 andp ~ 1,
weclass of functions G(s, C(C, C) asfollows.
We sayf
EG(s, p) satisfies
either
of the following
conditions:1. For some
nonnegative integers
a, b with p = a+ b,
where
CI
andC2
are constants andC1 is
0.Annales de Henri Poincaré - Physique ~ theorique
where
f (0)
= 0 may bedisregarded if
s > 0.Moreover, f satisfies
the estimates
for
all z, 03C9 ~ Cwhere
[s]
denotes thelargest integer
less than orequal
to s, but[0]
_ -1. We call s thefirst
indexof G(s, p ) .
DEFINITION 1.2. - Let ~ > 0. Let
D£
be1/(n - 1))
denotes an open ball with radius e andcenter at
(1/2, 1/2 - 1/(n - 1)).
Letn/2.
Let. DEFINITION 1.3. - For any we
define
aninterval 1 =
[a, b]
Q R withlength I a -
> 0a function
space ’R)
with metric dby
In ourtheorem
below,
denotes1Il/1;
03B1 denotes the ’ lower root
of the quadratic equation
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NAKAMURA,
It follows
thatmin(1, a)
= 1for n
6 and(n
+1)/(2n - 2)
a 1for n ~
7.Finally,
isgiven by
It
follows
that,B(a)
= a,,B((n - 4)/2)
= 1 and that is astrictly increasing function
in /a,.THEOREM 1.1. - Let
n > 2, 0 ~ n/2
and2~(n - 2/a,) ~
p - 1.Let n,
f,
psatisfy
anyof
thefollowing
conditions:(Al)
n =2, f
EG(0, p)
and(A2) n > 3, 0 ~ ~ ~ min(l, a ), f
EG(O, p)
andLet e > 0 be
sufficiently
small. Thenfor
any data(~, 1/1)
E xthere exists a
unique
local solutiono,f (1.2)
inX£(I, R)
with|I| >
0sufficiently
small and Rsufficiently large.
Moreoverif p -1
=4/ (n - 2i,c)
and
11 (03C6, 1/1) II
issufficiently small,
there exists aunique global
solutionin
X£ ((-oo, (0), R)
with Rsufficiently
small.On the solutions
given by above,
we have thefollowing
results:(1) (u, atu)
is continuous in time with respect to the normH~‘
x(2)
The solution udepends
on the data(~, 1/1) continuously. Namely
letv be the solution
of ( 1.2)
with data1/10)
such thatII (03C6-03C60, 1/1 -1/10) ~
tends to .zero, then
d(u, v)
--+0 for p ~ J,
v -+ u inD’(Rn+1 ) for
p EJ,
where D’(Rn+1 )
denotes the spaceof
distribution and J denotes an Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincare - Physique theoriqueinterval
defined only for (A3) and (A4) as
for (A3),
(A4).
(3)
Lc>t p - 1 =4/(n - 2~,c).
There exists apair (~+, 0/+)
in xthat
(4)
Lotp -
1 =4/ (n - 2/~).
Let y > 0 besufficiently
small.Then for
data
(03C6_, 0/-) satisfies ~(03C6_, 1/1-)11/1
Y, there exists a ,global
x such that
Moreover J, then the map
(~_,1/r~_)
r-+(~+. 1/r~+) is
continuous inx
Remark
1. - By
dilationargument,
it is natural to call p = 1 +4/ (n - 2/1)
the criticalexponent
for thewell-posedness
of theCauchy problem
for(1.2)
in xH~-l.
On the otherhand,
H. Lindblad andC.D.
Sogge [ 14,15]
showed theill-posedness
in thefollowing
three cases:(a)
p > 1 +4/ (n
+ 1 -4/1)
with n = 2 and1 /4 /1 ~ 1 /2;
(b) p >
1~- 4/ (n + I -4/1)
with~
3 and(n - 3) / (2n - 2)
/1~ 1 /2;
(c)
Remark 2. - We use the
homogeneous
Besov space for the linear and nonlinear estimates for( 1.2), by
which it becomes easy to deal with the fractional derivative of nonlinear term(see Propositions
2.1 and2.2).
For
the definition of thehomogeneous
Besov space and itsproperties,
we refer to
[ 1, 8,10,24] .
Our results for the local andglobal solvability
of
( 1. 2)
in thehomogeneous
Sobolev space with3 / 2
/1 andthe
corresponding
results onscattering
are new.Vol. 71, n° 2-1999.
NAKAMURA,
2. ESTIMATES FOR NONLINEAR 0 TERMS
PROPOSITION 2.1. - Let s >
0,
1p
and,f’
Ep).
Let 1~ ~
’ with1 /.~
’ =( p -
’ +l/r.
Thenwhere the second and third terms on the
right
hand sideof
thelast
inequality
aredisregarded for
p 2 andp ~ ([s]
+1, [s] ’+ 2), respectively.
Proof -
We havealready
shown the firstinequality
in[ 16].
The secondinequality
would beproved analogously
and we omit theproof.
0For the
proof
of the nextproposition,
we describe fundamental relations between1 /q
and1 /r
with( 1 /q, 1 /r)
EUE>o S2t, _
LEMMA 2.1. - Let /1,
pER.
Let1/q, 1/r satisfy
If p, q
,satisfy
anyof the following
$conditions,
then the above1 /q, 1 / r satisfy (1/~, 1/r)
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PROPOSITION 2.2. - p,
_f satisfy
ahyof the assumptions in
Theorem 1.1.
the first
indexof G. Then for sufficiently
small8>
0,
there exists(l/qo, [2£
withand two
triplets
such that
where
II
=~~ ~; Lqi (I, Bpi ) ~~
and 6 = 2 -(p - 1) (n - 2~c,~)/2
andthe constant C is
independent o, f ’
I . On theright
hand sideof
the lastinequality,
the second and third terms aredisregarded for
p 2 andp ~ (~-po~
+1, ~-po~
+2), respectively.
Proof. -
Let1/r*
=l/rl - 03C11/n
and1/r**
=1/r2 - (po
-I-p2)/n.
Ifand
then
by Proposition
2.1 and theembeddings
CB~,
C andthe Holder
inequality
intime,
we obtain therequired inequality,
wherewe use the
embedding
Lq CBq
with 1q
2 for po = o.By
asimple calculation,
we see that the aboveassumptions
are satisfiedby
apair S2£
and po withand two
triplets
E =1, 2,
whichsatisfy
thefollowing
conditions:Vol. 71, n° 2-1999.
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We show the existence of the above
triplets ( 1 /qi , 1/r~,
i =0, 1, 2, using
Lemma 2.1. We make some comments here.By
the condition(3),
we must assume
By (4),
we must assume p - 1~ 4/(n - 2~),
but this isrequired
for thewell-posedness
of( 1.2)
inIn the
following,
we consider the case n 4only
since theproofs
for the case n =
2,
3 areanalogous.
We make a classification on ~. Theproblem
is reduced to the existence of therequired 1 /qi , i = 1, 2.
Case 1.
0 ~ (n - 3 ) / (2n - 2).
Let 03C1i = 0, i=0,1,2.Let
Then
by
Lemma2.1,
we have ESZ£
and E=
1, 2,
forsufficiently
small 8 > 0. Now i =0, 1, 2,
mustsatisfy (2.9),
but the existence of such1 /qi , i
=0, 1, 2,
isguaranteed
if p satisfiesCase2.~=(~-3)(2~-2).
In Case
1,
with1/q0 1/2 replaced
with1/q0 1 /2,
we conclude the existence of therequired
i =0, 1, 2,
if p satisfies.
In the
following
cases, theargument
aftersetting 1 /qi ,
i =0, 1, 2,
is similar to that of Case
1,
so that we omit it and write theassumption on p only.
Case 3.
(n - 3) / (2n - 2) /~ (n
+1 ) / (2n - 2).
Let 03C1i = 0, i=0,1,2.Let
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for
(n
+1)/(2n - 2),
for =
(n
+1)/(2n - 2).
Therequired assumption
on p isCase 4.
(n
+1 ) / (2n - 2) ~c min(l, a ) . Let 03C1i = 0, i = 0, 1, 2.
LetThe
assumption
on p isWe refer to the constant a which
depends
on thespatial
dimension.By
the condition
(2.9),
we must assume at leastwhich is
equivalent
toTo
enlarge
theright
hand side than4/ (n -
mustsatisfy F(~) ~
0.But this is
guaranteed
ifC a
since a is the lower root ofF(x)
= 0.Case
5. n > 7,
a(n - 4) /2.
Let -03C10
= p = p2= - 03B2( ).
LetThe
assumption
on p isVol. 71, n° 2-1999.
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We refer to which
depends
on thespatial
dimension andBy
the condition
(2.9),
we must assume at leastbut the
right
hand side isequal
to4/(n - 2~,c) by
the definition of~6(~).
Case 6.
max(l, (~ - 4)/2) ~
~cn/2.
Let -03C10
= pl = pz = - 1. Letand
The
assumption
on p is3. PROOF OF THEOREM 1.1 We prove Theorem 1.1 in this section.
Proof of Theorem
1.1. - First ofall,
we recall thefollowing inequalities
by Proposition 3.1
in[ 10] .
for any p, po E Rand
with
where C is a constant
independent
of I.Let n, {t, p,
f satisfy
any of theassumptions
in Theorem 1.1.Let
=
0, 1, 2,
be those inProposition
2.2.By
theabove inequalities
andProposition 2.2,
we havede l’Institut Henri Poincaré - Physique theorique
for any
(1/~, l/r, p)
E where C isindependent
of I . Therefore weobtain
for any M e
R). Similarly
we havefor any u, v E
Xg(7, R),
where C isindependent
of I and the second term on theright
hand side of(3.21 )
isdisregarded
forp ~
J .If p J,
thenthe
unique
solution of( 1.2)
isgiven by
the standard contractionargument
on
(Xg(/, R ) , d )
with Rsufficiently large and III
> 0sufficiently
smallfor the local
solution,
with Rand ( (~~ , ~ ) ~ ( ~, sufficiently
small for theglobal
solution.If p
EJ,
then we haveonly
to consider the caseand R
satisfy
and let be
sufficiently
small for or = 0. Let Mo = 0 and for i =1, 2,....
Then there is asubsequence
Cand u E
Xp(/, R )
such that converges to u in the distribution sense ask ~ oo . On the other
hand,
letand let À > 0 and
then we have for
sufficiently
small E >0,
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Indeed,
let and WÀsatisfy
and
then w = WÀ on
11 (~,),
where X~~~,~ is a characteristic function on~4(~).
By
this fact and(3.18)
and theargument
as described in theproof
ofProposition 2.2,
we obtain the aboveinequality.
By (3.23),
we conclude that converges to some v03BBstrongly
infor any
(1/q, l/r,0)
E so that u = VÀ on11(~,).
Therefore we have for
any À
> 0by
which we conclude that u= ~ (u)
a.e(t, x)
E I xRn, namely
u =~(M)in(X,(/,~)~).
The
uniqueness
of the solution also follows from(3.23).
( 1 )
Thecontinuity
of the solution(u , atu)
in time withrespect
to thex follows from the
Lebesgue
convergence theorem. Theproof
is standard and we omit it.(2)
For the continuousdependence
on the initial data of itssolution,
we consider the case p E J
only
since forp fJ-
J the last term of(3 .21 )
isdisregarded,
so that we can use the standardargument [3]. By (3.23),
wehave
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where
C À
is a constantdependent
onÀ,
but not on I. So that we concludeas
(CPo, 0/0)
tends to(~ , ~ ) , by
which we conclude that v converges to uin as
required.
Then we have
where we have used a similar result to
(3.18)
andProposition 2.2,
andwe can take
i = 1, 2,
for oo since p - 1 =4/(~ 2014
Therefore we have
.
(4)
For(~_, ~_)
E x let ø - be anoperator
definedby
Similarly to ø,
we havefor any u, v E
Xp (/,/?),
where the second term on theright
hand sideof
(3.26)
isdisregarded for p ~
V. Therefore forp ~
J we have theVol. 71, n° 2-1999.
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unique
fixedpoint
inR ) by
a contractionargument
with and Rsufficiently
small. We show that for p E J we also have a fixedpoint
of ø - inXp (7, R ) with I
and Rsufficiently
small in the
following.
We may assumeLet
Let
Ro
> 0. LetR , Ro)
anddo
befor any E
X F ( 1, R , R~) .
Thensimilarly
to(3 .25)
and(3 .26),
we haveSo that if
(c/J-, 1/1-)
E xH~~-1
and if1/1-)1111-
and R are suf-ficiently
small andRo sufficiently large,
then ~- becomes a contrac-tion map on
R , Ro)
with the metricdo .
Therefore we obtain theunique
fixedpoint
of ~_ . LetII (c/J-, 1/1-)1111-
besufficiently
small. Let~/)}~i be
a sequence such thatin x as i ~ oo and
Then
by
the aboveargument,
thereexists u
i E which satisfiesAnnales de l’Institut Henri Poincare - Physique theorique
for i
sufficiently large.
We can take asubsequence
of whichconverges to some u in the distribution sense. This u is the
required
fixedpoint
of ø- inXg(/, 7?).
Fordetails,
we refer to the discussion before Lemma 7.1 and itselfin [15].
The resultnow follows
similarly
to theproof
of(3).
Next we show that the
scattering
mapis continuous in the
neighborhood
at theorigin
inH
x forp ~
J.By
theproof
of(3)
and(4),
we have thefollowing
relation between(~, 1/1-)
and(~+, 1/1+)
aswhere u is the solution of u =
~_ (u).
Letbe another
triplet.
It suffices to show thatSimilarly
to theproof
of(3.21 ),
we haveand
Since
1,
we conclude thatVol. 71, n° 2-1999.
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as
11(1- - 1-,0/- -
tends to zero. For111/1+ -0/+;
theproof
isanalogous.
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