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Blow-up of solutions to a nonlinear dispersive rod equation

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In this paper, firstly we find the best constant for a convolution problem on the unit circle via a variational method. Then we apply the best constant on a nonlinear rod equation to give sufficient conditions on the initial data, which guarantee finite time singularity formation for the corresponding solutions.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

    Yong Zhou

  2. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 30C70, 37L05, 35Q58, 58E35

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Zhou, Y. Blow-up of solutions to a nonlinear dispersive rod equation. Calc. Var. 25, 63–77 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-005-0358-1

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