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Finite-slab dependence need not have a uniform exponential constant
Statement
For the scalar symmetric-hyperbolic system on the spatially constant solution with initial value is . For every fixed finite slab , this solution depends continuously on and has a finite Sobolev bound. But no constants independent of can give for all and all . For each fixed the state and time-derivative ranges are bounded, but the compact bound may depend on . This is a mathematical symmetric-hyperbolic illustration of the horizon qualification; the system is not an Einstein reduction and the example asserts no behavior of an Einstein solution.
Statement references
Finite-slab stability in a fixed hyperbolic gauge
Continuity of finite-domain geometric observables
The real exponential function and the number by a power series
The exponential function is smooth and
The exponential addition formula
The factorial and the falling factorial , defined by recursion in
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A dimensionless time parameter , an integer , a fixed finite , and a real initial amplitude .
The symmetric-hyperbolic system is with symmetric matrices and positive definite (Periodic first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems: coefficients, admissible values, data classes and solutions).
The real exponential is defined by its power series. Every factorial is a nonzero natural, and positive canonical naturals have positive real image; thus for each series term is nonnegative and (The real exponential function and the number by a power series, The factorial and the falling factorial , defined by recursion in , Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing).
The real exponential is smooth with derivative (The exponential function is smooth and ).
The exponential satisfies (The exponential addition formula ).
The finite-slab estimate permits its constant to depend on the selected compact slab and coefficient bounds (Finite-slab stability in a fixed hyperbolic gauge).
The finite-domain geometric continuity conclusion is stated on a fixed slab and asserts no uniformity as (Continuity of finite-domain geometric observables).
Proof technique: explicit solution and growth comparison.
Proof
The coefficients in the Statement are smooth in , each is symmetric, and is strictly positive. Thus [F1] makes this a symmetric-hyperbolic system. Its equation reduces to and contains no spatial derivatives.
By [F3] and the chain rule, satisfies and . The zero solution corresponds to . For each finite , the function and its time derivative are bounded on ; its values lie between the endpoint values and , hence in a compact interval. Since it is spatially constant, it has finite norm for every integer . Its state and time-derivative bounds may depend on the selected finite , as permitted by the finite-slab estimate [F5].
The difference from zero is exactly . Homogeneity of the Sobolev norm on the spatially constant profile gives Suppose one constant worked for all slab lengths in the displayed exponential estimate. Choose large enough that . Then , and [F2] gives . By [F4], since [F2] also gives . This contradicts that uniform estimate.
For each fixed , the exact solution map is multiplication by and is Lipschitz on with finite constant ; this is consistent with [F5] and [F6], whose constants and conclusions are attached to a fixed finite slab. The calculation establishes only that finite-slab continuity alone does not supply a -independent exponential constant for general symmetric-hyperbolic systems.
Depends on
Finite-slab stability in a fixed hyperbolic gauge
Continuity of finite-domain geometric observables
Periodic first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems: coefficients, admissible values, data classes and solutions
The real exponential function and the number by a power series
The exponential function is smooth and
The exponential addition formula
The factorial and the falling factorial , defined by recursion in
Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing
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Sources
- H. Friedrich and A. D. Rendall, The Cauchy Problem for the Einstein Equations, Living Reviews in Relativity 3 (2000), Section 3.1, Remarks 1-6, and Section 5.3: common-time energy and stability estimates
- J. K. Hunter, Notes on Partial Differential Equations, UC Davis lecture notes, revised 18 June 2014, Chapter 8, Sections 8.1 and 8.3: symmetric-system energy estimates on fixed intervals