Energy inequalities for a model of wave propagation in cold plasma

Energy inequalities are derived for an elliptic-hyperbolic operator arising in plasma physics. These inequalities imply the existence of distribution and weak solutions to various closed boundary-value problems. An existence theorem is proven for a related class of Keldysh equations, and the failure...

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Author: Otway, T. H.
Format: article
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:21998
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/21998
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/PUBLMAT_52108_10
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Elliptic-hyperbolic equations
Energy inequalities
Closed boundary-value problems
Symmetric-positive operator
Equations of Keldysh type
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Summary:Energy inequalities are derived for an elliptic-hyperbolic operator arising in plasma physics. These inequalities imply the existence of distribution and weak solutions to various closed boundary-value problems. An existence theorem is proven for a related class of Keldysh equations, and the failure of expected methods for obtaining uniqueness is discussed. The proofs use ideas recently introduced by Lupo, Morawetz, and Payne for a generalized Tricomi operator. The existence of strong solutions under open boundary conditions is also proven.