Hyperbolicity of covariant systems of first-order equations for vector and scalar fields

Yu. P. Virchenko ; A. E. Novoseltseva

Itogi nauki i tehniki. Sovremennaâ matematika i eë priloženiâ. Tematičeskie obzory, Proceedings of the Voronezh International Spring Mathematical School "Modern Methods of the Theory of Boundary-Value Problems. Pontryagin Readings – XXXII”, Voronezh, May 3–9, 2021, Part 2, Tome 209 (2022), pp. 3-15

Résumé

We consider a class of first-order systems of quasilinear partial differential equations $\dot{\boldsymbol{u}}=\mathsf{L}'[\boldsymbol{u},\boldsymbol{\rho}]$, $\dot{\boldsymbol{\rho}}=\mathsf {L}''[\boldsymbol{u},\boldsymbol{\rho}]$ that describe time evolution of the pair $\langle\boldsymbol{u},\boldsymbol{\rho}\rangle$ consisting of a vector field $\boldsymbol{u}(\boldsymbol{x},t)$ and the set of scalar fields $\boldsymbol{\rho}=\langle\rho^{(s)}(\boldsymbol{x},t);\ s=1,\dots,N\rangle$, $\boldsymbol{x}\in\mathbb{R}^3$. The class considered consists of systems that are invariant under time and space translations and covariant under space rotations. We describe the corresponding class of evolution generators, i.e., nonlinear first-order differential operators $\mathsf{L}=\langle\mathsf{L}'[\cdot],\mathsf{L}''[\cdot]\rangle$ acting in the functional space $C_{1,\mathrm{loc}}^{3+N}(\mathbb{R}^3)$. Also, we find conditions under which a pair of operators $\mathsf{L}$ generates a hyperbolic system.

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Keywords: first-order differential operator, quasilinear system, hyperbolicity, vector field, covariance, spherical symmetry.