Factorization of second-order strictly hyperbolic operators with logarithmic slow scale coefficients and generalized microlocal approximations

We give a factorization procedure for a strictly hyperbolic partial differential operator of second order with logarithmic slow scale coefficients. From this we can microlocally diagonalize the full wave operator which results in a coupled system of two first-order pseudodifferential equations in...

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Main Author: Martina Glogowatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2018-02-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2018/42/abstr.html
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Summary:We give a factorization procedure for a strictly hyperbolic partial differential operator of second order with logarithmic slow scale coefficients. From this we can microlocally diagonalize the full wave operator which results in a coupled system of two first-order pseudodifferential equations in a microlocal sense. Under the assumption that the full wave equation is microlocal regular in a fixed domain of the phase space, we can approximate the problem by two one-way wave equations where a dissipative term is added to suppress singularities outside the given domain. We obtain well-posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem for the approximated one-way wave equation with a dissipative term.
ISSN:1072-6691