Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to show that the set of weak solutions of the initial-boundary value problem for the linear wave equation is nonempty, connected, and compact.
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A Wave Equation Associated with Mixed Nonhomogeneous Conditions: The Compactness and Connectivity of Weak Solution Set
Academic Editor: Jean Mawhin
Received17 Apr 2006
Revised19 Sept 2006
Accepted24 Nov 2006
Published28 Jan 2007
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