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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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Unstable simple modes of the nonlinear string


Authors: Thierry Cazenave and Fred B. Weissler
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 54 (1996), 287-305
MSC: Primary 35L70; Secondary 45G10, 73D35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1388017
MathSciNet review: MR1388017
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Abstract: We prove instability of high-energy simple modes for the nonlinear vibrating string equation \[ \left \{ {_{u\left | {_{\partial \Omega } = 0,} \right .}^{{u_{tt}} - \left ( {a + b \int _0^\pi {u_x^2 \left ( {t, x} \right ) dx} } \right ) {u_{xx}} = 0,}} \right .\] in $\Omega = \left ( {0, \pi } \right )$, where $a \ge 0, b > 0$.


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