This paper is devoted to the study of the inhomogeneous wave equation with singular (less than continuous) time dependent coefficients. Particular
attention is given to the role of the lower order terms and suitable Levi conditions
are formulated in order to obtain a very weak solution as introduced in [GR14].
Very weak solutions for this kind of equations are also investigated from a numerical point of view in two toy models: the wave equation with a Heaviside function
and a delta distribution, respectively, as coefficient in its principal part.
Funding
Hyperbolic problems with discontinuous coefficients
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Differential Equations and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2022.02.039.