Formula omitted]-estimates of solutions for damped wave equations with space–time dependent damping term

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the damped wave equation with space–time dependent potential b ( t , x ) and absorbing semilinear term | u | ρ − 1 u . Here, b ( t , x ) = b 0 ( 1 + | x | 2 ) − α 2 ( 1 + t ) − β with b 0 > 0 , α , β ⩾ 0 and α + β ∈ [ 0 , 1 ) . Based on the local existence theorem, we obtain the global existence and the L 2 decay rate of the solution by using the weighted energy method. The decay rate coincides with the result of Nishihara [K. Nishihara, Decay properties for the damped wave equation with space dependent potential and absorbed semilinear term, preprint] in the case of β = 0 and coincides with the result of Nishihara and Zhai [K. Nishihara, J. Zhai, Asymptotic behaviors of time dependent damped wave equations, preprint] in the case of α = 0 .