We prove existence of weak solutions to the obstacle problem for semilinear wave equations (including the fractional case) by using a suitable approximating scheme in the spirit of minimizing movements. This extends the results in Bonafini et al. (2019), where the linear case was treated. In addition, we deduce some compactness properties of concentration sets (e.g. moving interfaces) when dealing with singular limits of certain nonlinear wave equations. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

On the obstacle problem for fractional semilinear wave equations

Bonafini, M.;Le, V. P. C.
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Orlandi, G.
2021-01-01

Abstract

We prove existence of weak solutions to the obstacle problem for semilinear wave equations (including the fractional case) by using a suitable approximating scheme in the spirit of minimizing movements. This extends the results in Bonafini et al. (2019), where the linear case was treated. In addition, we deduce some compactness properties of concentration sets (e.g. moving interfaces) when dealing with singular limits of certain nonlinear wave equations. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2021
obstacle problem
hyperbolic equations
nonlinear equations
fractional laplacian
variational methods
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