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# Large time behavior of solutions for a nonlinear damped wave equation

• We study the large time behavior of small solutions to the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear damped wave equation. We proved that the solution is approximated by the Gauss kernel with suitable choice of the coefficients and powers of $t$ for $N+1$ th order for all $N \in \mathbb{N}$. Our analysis is based on the approximation theorem of the linear solution by the solution of the heat equation [37]. In particular, as pointed out by Galley-Raugel [4], we explicitly observe that from third order expansion, the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a nonlinear damped wave equation is different from that of a nonlinear heat equation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B40; Secondary: 35B33.

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