On scattering and everywhere defined scattering operators for nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations

AbstractAsymptotic properties of solutions of the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation ∂t2u − Δu + m2u + f(u) = 0 (NLKG) u¦0 = θ, ∂tu¦0 = Ψ, are investigated, which are inherited from the corresponding solutions v of the (linear) Klein-Gordon equation ∂t2v − Δv + m2v = 0v¦0 = θ, ∂tv¦0 = Ψ, (KG) In particular, the finiteness of time-integrals in Lq over R+ of certain Sobolevnorms in space of the solution is proved to be such a hereditary property. Together with a device by W. A. Strauss and a weak decay result for the (KG) due to R. S. Strichartz, this is used to prove that under suitable restrictions on the nonlinearity, the scattering operator for the (NLKG) is defined on all of L21 × L2 for n = 3