Unique continuation properties for solutions to the Camassa-Holm equation and related models
Felipe Linares, Gustavo Ponce
Abstract
It is shown that if <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="u left-parenthesis x comma t right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">u(x,t)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is a real solution of the initial value problem for the Camassa-Holm equation which vanishes in an open set <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="normal upper Omega subset-of double-struck upper R times left-bracket 0 comma upper T right-bracket"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> Ω </mml:mi> <mml:mo> ⊂ </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo> × </mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\Omega \subset \mathbb {R}\times [0,T]</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , then <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="u left-parenthesis x comma t right-parenthesis equals 0 comma left-parenthesis x comma t right-parenthesis element-of double-struck upper R times left-bracket 0 comma upper T right-bracket"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mo> ∈ </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo> × </mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">u(x,t)=0,(x,t)\in \mathbb {R}\times [0,T]</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . The argument of proof can be placed in a general setting to extend the above results to a class of non-linear non-local 1-dimensional models which includes the Degasperis-Procesi equation. This result also applies to solutions of the initial periodic boundary value problems associated to these models.