Gluing strong solutions across an intermediate time #
Two strong solutions on [a, b] and [b, c] with the same slice at time b
form a strong solution on [a, c] (lem:lps-continuation). The weak time
derivative across b comes from the boundary-term lemma; the equation follows
by a time cutoff around b, since it involves no time derivative of the test
field once the weak time derivative is available.
The slab (a, c) is covered by the slabs (a, b) and (b, c) up to the null
slice t = b.
Integrals over adjacent slabs add, for a field whose coordinate representative is integrable for the product slab measure.
Square integrability on two adjacent slabs gives square integrability on the union slab.
Strong L² continuity in time passes to the glued field: on each side from
the corresponding piece, and at the junction because the two slices agree
almost everywhere.
The spatial derivative of a test field is continuous with compact support.
The time derivative of a test function is continuous with compact support.
Slice-wise weak derivatives give the space-time spatial weak derivative identity for test fields.
Boundary term for the weak time derivative at the right end of a slab.
Boundary term for the weak time derivative at the left end of a slab.
The weak time derivative passes across the gluing time: if the two pieces have
weak time derivatives, are strongly L²-continuous up to the junction and agree
there, the glued field has the glued weak time derivative.