On Control Of Sobolev Norms For Some Semilinear Wave Equations With Localized Data

Abstract

We establish new bounds of the Sobolev norms of solutions of semilinear wave equations for data lying in the Hs, s<1, closure of compactly supported data inside a ball of radius R, with R a fixed and positive number. In order to do that we perform an analysis in the neighborhood of the cone, using an almost Shatah-Struwe estimate, an almost conservation law and some estimates for localized functions: this allows to prove a decay estimate and establish a low frequency estimate of the position of the solution. Then, in order to establish a high frequency estimate of the position and an estimate of the velocity, we use this decay estimate and another almost conservation law.

23 pages. Update: some corrections (in particular Proposition 2.4 and its proof); typos fixed