On the critical exponent for the semilinear Euler-Poisson-Darboux-Tricomi equation with power nonlinearity

Abstract

In this note, we derive a blow-up result for a semilinear generalized Tricomi equation with damping and mass terms having time-dependent coefficients. We consider these coefficients with critical decay rates. Due to this threshold nature of the time-dependent coefficients (both for the damping and for the mass), the multiplicative constants appearing in these lower order terms strongly influence the value of the critical exponent, determining a competition between a Fujita-type exponent and a Strauss-type exponent.