Stable blowup for wave equations in odd space dimensions

Abstract

We consider semilinear wave equations with focusing power nonlinearities in odd space dimensions $d\ge 5$. We prove that for every $p>\frac{d+3}{d-1}$ there exists an open set of radial initial data in $H^{\frac{d+1}{2}}\times H^{\frac{d-1}{2}}$ such that the corresponding solution exists in a backward lightcone and approaches the ODE blowup profile. The result covers the entire range of energy supercritical nonlinearities and extends our previous work for the three-dimensional radial wave equation to higher space dimensions.