Uniform stabilization of the Riemannian wave equation with linear lower order term.

The Riemannian wave equationwith linear lower order termand unspecified behavior of the nonlinear feedback is considered. Using themethod in [LT] we prove that the energy of the solution decays faster than the solution of some associated differential equation. The decay rate of a general second order hyperbolic equation with polynomial growth at the origin off is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]