Decay and stability for nonlinear hyperbolic equations

This paper deals with the asymptotic stability of the null solution of a semilinear partial differential equation. The La Salle Invariance Principle has been used to obtain the stability results. The first result is given under quite general hypotheses assuming only the precompactness of the orbits and the local existence. In the second part, under some restrictions, sufficient conditions for precompactness of the orbits and decay of solutions are given. An existence and uniqueness theorem is proved in the Appendix. Some examples are given.