Propagation of singularities for Cauchy problems of semilinear thermoelastic systems with microtemperatures

摘要

The propagation of singularities of solutions to the Cauchy problem of a semilinear thermoelastic system with microtemperatures in one space variable is studied. First, by using a diagonalization argument of phase space analysis, the coupled thermoelastic system with microtemperatures will be decoupled microlocally. Second, using a classical bootstrap argument, the property of finite propagation speed of singularities for the semilinear thermoelastic system is obtained. Finally, it is also shown that the microlocal weak singularities propagate along the null bicharacteristics of the hyperbolic operators of the coupled semilinear system.