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In a local co-ordinate chart, quasilinear wave equations (QNLW) take the form

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \partial_\alpha g^{\alpha\beta}(u) \partial_\beta u = F(u, Du)} .

One could also consider equations where the metric depends on derivatives of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle u} , but one can reduce to this case (giving up a derivative) by differentiating the equation. One can also reduce to the case Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g^{00} = 1} , Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g^{0i} = g^{i0} = 0} by a suitable change of variables. Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F} is usually quadratic in the derivatives Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Du} , as this formulation is then robust under many types of changes of variables.

Specific equations

Quasilinear NLWs appear frequently in general relativity. Examples include

The most interesting dimension is of course the physical dimension d=3.

Wellposedness theory

Classically one has LWP for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle H^s} when Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2+1} (HuKaMar1977), but the semilinear theory suggests that we should be able to improve this to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > s_c = d/2} with a null condition, and to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + max(1/2, (d-5)/4)} without one (these results would be sharp even in the semilinear case). In principle Strichartz estimates should be able to push down to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2} , but only partial results of this type are known. Specifically:

  • When Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=2} one has LWP in the expected range Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 3/4} without a null condition (SmhTt-p).
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 3/4 + 1/12} this is in Tt-p5 (using the FBI transform).
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 3/4 + 1/8} this is in BaCh1999 (using FIOs) and Tt2000 (using the FBI transform).
  • When Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=3,4,5} one has LWP for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2} SmhTt-p (using parametrices and the equation for the metric); in the specific case of the Einstein equations see KlRo-p3, KlRo-p4, KlRo-p5 (using vector fields and the equation for the metric)
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2 + 1/7} (approx) and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=3} this is in KlRo-p2 (vector fields and the equation for the metric)
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2 + 1/6} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=3} this is in Tt-p5 (using the FBI transform).
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2 + 1/5} (approx) and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=3} this is in Kl-p2 (vector fields methods).
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/2 + 1/4} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d \geq 3} this is in BaCh1999 (using FIOs) and Tt2000 (using the FBI transform). See also BaCh1999b.

A special type of QNLW is the cubic equations, where the metric g itself obeys an elliptic equation of the form Delta Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g = |Du|^2} , and the non-linearity is of the form . For such equations, we have LWP for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s > d/2 + 1/6} when Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d \geq 4} BaCh 2003, BaCh2002. This equation has some similarity with the differentiated wave maps equation in the Coulomb gauge.

For small smooth compactly supported data of size Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon} and smooth non-linearities, the GWP theory for QNLW is as follows.

  • If the non-linearity is a null form, then one has GWP for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d\geq3} ; in fact one can take the data in a weighted Sobolev space Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle H^{4,3} x H^{3,4}} Cd1986.
    • Without the null structure, one has almost GWP in d=3 Kl1985b, and this is sharp Jo1981, Si1983
      • In the semi-linear case and when the nonlinearity is quadratic in the derivatives, this is also true outside of a compact non-trapping obstacle KeSmhSo-p2. This has been generalized to the quasi-linear case in KeSmhSo-p3 (and non-linear Dirichlet wave equations are also treated there, as are multiple speeds).
    • With a null structure and outside a star-shaped obstacle with Dirichlet conditions and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d=3} , one has GWP for small data in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle H^{9,8} \times H^{8,9}} which are compatible with the boundary [KeSmhSo-p]. Earlier work in this direction is in Dt1990.
      • For radial data and obstacle this was obtained in Go1995; see also Ha1995, Ha2000.
      • In the semilinear case, the non-trapping condition was removed in MetSo-p, even in the multiple speed case, provided one has an exponential decay result near the obstacle (this is true, for instance, if the obstacle is a union of a finite number of sufficiently separated strictly convex bodies).
    • For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d>3} or for cubic nonlinearities one has GWP regardless of the null structure KlPo1983, Sa1982, Kl1985b.
      • In three dimensions with a null structure, for systems with multiple wave speeds, one has GWP So2001
      • In the exterior of an nontrapping obstacle with Dirichlet conditions, with multiple speeds, one has GWP for sufficiently smooth and decaying data obeying the usual compatibility conditions at the boundary MetSo-p2, if the quasilinear terms obey some symmetry conditions and the semilinear terms are quadratic in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Du}
        1. When the obstacle is a ball this is in Ha1995.
        2. For Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d \geq 6} outside of a starshaped obstacle this is in ShbTs1984, ShbTs1986.
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