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Birkhoff normal form for nonlinear wave equations


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Dr. Walter Craig


Universidad de McMaster, Canadá

Resumen:
Wave equations can be considered as Hamiltonian PDEs, that is, partial differential equations that can be considered in the form of a Hamiltonian system. Many theorems on global existence of small amplitude solutions of nonlinear wave equations in ${\mathbb R}^n$ depend upon a competition between the time decay of solutions and the degree of the nonlinearity. Decay estimates are more effective when inessential nonlinear terms are able to be removed through a well-chosen transformation. In this talk, we construct Birkhoff normal forms transformations for the class of wave equations which are Hamiltonian PDEs and null forms, giving a new proof via canonical transformations of the global existence theorems for null form wave equations of S. Klainerman and J. Shatah in space dimensions $n \geq 3$. The critical case $n = 2$ is also under consideration. These results are work-in-progress with A. French and C.-R. Yang.

Miércoles 20 de abril, 2016
18:00 hrs.
Salón 203, Edificio Anexo, IIMAS

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