Blow up for the wave equation with a fractional damping

M. R. Alaimia*, N. E. Tatar

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Abstract

We consider the wave equation with a fractional damping of order between 0 and 1 and a polynomial source. Introducing a new functional and using an argument due to Georgiev and Todorova [1] together with some appropriate estimates, it is proved that some solutions blow up in finite time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-144
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Applied Analysis
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35L20, 35L70, 35B05. Key words and phrases. Blow up, Caputo’s fractional derivative, integro-differential problem, modified energy functional, singular kernel. The authors are very grateful for the financial support and the facilities provided by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. This work has been supported by the SABIC/FAST TRACK (Saudi Arabia) for scientific research under the grant No FT/2003-10.

Keywords

  • Blow up
  • Caputo's fractional derivative
  • Integro-differential problem
  • Modified energy functional
  • Singular kernel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematical Physics
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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