@Article{JPDE-14-105, author = {A. Messaoudi Salim }, title = {Blow Up in a Semilinear Wave Equation}, journal = {Journal of Partial Differential Equations}, year = {2001}, volume = {14}, number = {2}, pages = {105--110}, abstract = { We consider a semilinear wave equation of the form u_tt(x, t) - Δu(x, t) = - m(x, t)u_t(x, t) + ∇Φ(x) ⋅ ∇u(x, t ) + b(x)|u(x, t)|^{p-2}u(x, t) where p > 2. We show, under suitable conditions on m, Φ, b, that weak solutions break down in finite time if the initial energy is negative. This result improves an earlier one by the author [1].}, issn = {2079-732X}, doi = {https://doi.org/}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jpde/5473.html} }