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A Blow-Up Result in a Nonlinear Wave Equation with Delay

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In this paper, we consider a nonlinear wave equation with delay. We show that under suitable conditions on the initial data, the weights of the damping, the delay term and the nonlinear source, the energy of solutions blows up in a finite time.

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    Mohammad Kafini & Salim A. Messaoudi

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Kafini, M., Messaoudi, S.A. A Blow-Up Result in a Nonlinear Wave Equation with Delay. Mediterr. J. Math. 13, 237–247 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-014-0500-4

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