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Propagation of classical solutions to the perturbed wave equation in a space of odd dimension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Gustavo Perla Menzala
Gustavo Perla Menzala
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, U.F.R.J., Caixa Postal 68530, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasil Department of Mathematics and Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI02912, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

We prove that classical solutions of the perturbed wave equation in ℝn × ℝ (n = odd ≧ 3) do not satisfy Huygens' principle in the presence of symmetries. The difficulties arising from the singularities of the Riemann function (for large space dimensions) are overcome by considering a class of potentials and initial data which are radial and smooth. Our method is elementary and based on energy estimates.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 96 , Issue 3-4 , 1984 , pp. 337 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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