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Eventual partition of conserved quantities in wave motion. (English) Zbl 0591.35036
Summary: Let u be a classical solution to the wave equation in an odd number n of space dimensions, with compact spatial support at each fixed time. R. J. Duffin [ibid. 32, 386-391 (1970; Zbl 0223.35055)] uses the Paley- Wiener theorem of Fourier analysis to show that, after a finite time, the (conserved) energy of u is partitioned into equal kinetic and potential parts. The wave equation actually has $$(n+2)(n+3)/2$$ independent conserved quantities, one for each of the standard generators of the conformal group of $$(n+1)$$-dimensional Minkowski space. Of concern in this paper is the ”zeroth inversional quantity” $$I_ 0$$, which is commonly used to improve decay estimates which are obtained using conservation of energy. We use Duffin’s method to partition $$I_ 0$$ into seven terms, each of which, after a finite time, is explicitly given as a constant-coefficient quadratic function of the time, E. C. Zachmanoglou [ibid. 39, 296-297 (1972; Zbl 0233.35059)] has shown that under the above assumptions if $$n\geq 3$$, the spatial $$L^ 2$$ norm of u is eventually constant. A consequence of the analysis here is a bound on this constant in terms of the energy and the radius of the support of the Cauchy data of u at a fixed time.

##### MSC:
 35L05 Wave equation 46E35 Sobolev spaces and other spaces of “smooth” functions, embedding theorems, trace theorems 35Q99 Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application
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