Very weak, generalized and strong solutions to the Stokes system in the half-space

In this paper, we study the Stokes system in the half-space , with N?2. We give existence and uniqueness results in weighted Sobolev spaces. After the central case of the generalized solutions, we are interested in strong solutions and symmetrically in very weak solutions by means of a duality argument.     

Large time behavior and convergence for the Camassa–Holm equations with fractional Laplacian viscosity

In this paper, we consider the n-dimensional (\(n=2,3\)) Camassa–Holm equations with fractional Laplacian viscosity in the whole space. In contrast to the Camassa–Holm equations without any nonlocal effect, much less has been known on the large time behavior and convergences of solutions. Here we study first the large time behavior of solutions, then consider the relation between the equations under consideration and the imcompressible Navier–Stokes equations with fractional Laplacian viscosity (INSF). By applying the fractional Leibniz chain rule and the fractional Gagliardo–Nirenberg–Sobolev type estimates, the high and low frequency splitting method and the Fourier splitting method, we shall establish the large time non-uniform decays and algebraic rate decays of solutions. In the critical case \(s=\dfrac{n}{4}\), the nonlocal version of Ladyzhenskaya’s inequality along with the smallness of initial data in suitable Sobolev spaces is needed. In addition, by estimates for the fractional heat kernels, we prove that the solutions to the Camassa–Holm equations with nonlocal viscosity converge strongly as the filter parameter \(\alpha \rightarrow ~0\) to solutions of the equations INSF.     

A Note on Time-Decay Estimates for the Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations

In the recent work, we have developed a decay framework in general L~p critical spaces and established optimal time-decay estimates for barotropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations. Those decay rates of L~q-L~r type of the solution and its derivatives are available in the critical regularity framework, which were exactly firstly observed by Matsumura Nishida, and subsequently generalized by Ponce for solutions with high Sobolev regularity. We would like to mention that our approach is likely to be effective for other hyperbolic/parabolic systems that are encountered in fluid mechanics or mathematical physics. In this paper, a new observation is involved in the high frequency, which enables us to improve decay exponents for the high frequencies of solutions.     

Weighted Lq-estimates for stationary Stokes system with partially BMO coefficients

We prove the unique solvability of solutions in Sobolev spaces to the stationary Stokes system on a bounded Reifenberg flat domain when the coefficients are partially BMO functions, i.e., locally they are merely measurable in one direction and have small mean oscillations in the other directions. Using this result, we establish the unique solvability in Muckenhoupt type weighted Sobolev spaces for the system with partially BMO coefficients on a Reifenberg flat domain. We also present weighted a priori $L_q$-estimates for the system when the domain is the whole Euclidean space or a half space.     

The Inviscid Limit for the Navier–Stokes Equations with Slip Condition on Permeable Walls

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations in a 2D-bounded domain with general non-homogeneous Navier slip boundary conditions prescribed on permeable boundaries, and study the vanishing viscosity limit. We prove that solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations converge to solutions of the Euler equations satisfying the same Navier slip boundary condition on the inflow region of the boundary. The convergence is strong in Sobolev’s spaces $W^{1}_{p}, p>2$ , which correspond to the spaces of the data.     

Sobolev regularity for first order mean field games

In this paper we obtain Sobolev estimates for weak solutions of first order variational Mean Field Game systems with coupling terms that are local functions of the density variable. Under some coercivity conditions on the coupling, we obtain first order Sobolev estimates for the density variable, while under similar coercivity conditions on the Hamiltonian we obtain second order Sobolev estimates for the value function. These results are valid both for stationary and time-dependent problems. In the latter case the estimates are fully global in time, thus we resolve a question which was left open in [23]. Our methods apply to a large class of Hamiltonians and coupling functions.     

On a Priori Estimates and Fredholm Property of Differential Operators in Anisotropic Spaces

The paper is devoted to special a priori estimates and Fredholm property of differential operators acting in anisotropic Sobolev spaces in ?ⁿ. Necessary conditions for a priori estimates in terms of the symbol of an operator are obtained. Under appropriate conditions imposed on the coefficients, a priori estimates are obtained in the corresponding weighted spaces.     

Integral potential method for a transmission problem with Lipschitz interface in \mathbb{R}^{3} for the Stokes and Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman PDE systems

The purpose of this paper is to obtain existence and uniqueness results in weighted Sobolev spaces for transmission problems for the nonlinear Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman system and the linear Stokes system in two complementary Lipschitz domains in \({\mathbb{R}^{3}}\), one of them is a bounded Lipschitz domain \({\Omega}\) with connected boundary, and the other one is the exterior Lipschitz domain \({\mathbb{R}^{3} \setminus \overline{\Omega }}\). We exploit a layer potential method for the Stokes and Brinkman systems combined with a fixed point theorem in order to show the desired existence and uniqueness results, whenever the given data are suitably small in some weighted Sobolev spaces and boundary Sobolev spaces.     

Nonlinear anisotropic elliptic equations in with variable exponents and locally integrable data

In this paper, we prove existence and regularity results for weak solutions in the framework of anisotropic Sobolev spaces for a class of nonlinear anisotropic elliptic equations in the whole with variable exponents and locally integrable data. Our approach is based on the anisotropic Sobolev inequality, a smoothness, and compactness results. The functional setting involves Lebesgue–Sobolev spaces with variable exponents. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonstationary Stokes system in anisotropic Sobolev spaces

The nonstationary Stokes system with slip boundary conditions is considered in a bounded domain . We prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the problem in anisotropic Sobolev spaces . Thanks to the slip boundary conditions, the Stokes problem is transformed to the Poisson and the heat equation. In this way, difficult calculations that must be performed in considerations of boundary value problems for the Stokes system are avoided. This approach does not work for the Dirichlet and the Neumann boundary conditions. Because solvability of the Poisson and the heat equation is carried out by the regularizer technique, we have that σ > 3,α > 0. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Multiplicity Result for an Elliptic Anisotropic Differential Inclusion Involving Variable Exponents

In this paper we are concerned with the study of a class of quasilinear elliptic differential inclusions involving the anisotropic $\overrightarrow {p}(\cdot)$ -Laplace operator, on a bounded open subset of ${\mathbb R}^n$ which has a smooth boundary. The abstract framework required to study this kind of differential inclusions lies at the interface of three important branches in analysis: nonsmooth analysis, the variable exponent Lebesgue–Sobolev spaces theory and the anisotropic Sobolev spaces theory. Using the concept of nonsmooth critical point we are able to prove that our problem admits at least two non-trivial weak solutions.     

Plane wave approximation of homogeneous Helmholtz solutions

In this paper, we study the approximation of solutions of the homogeneous Helmholtz equation Δu + ω ² u = 0 by linear combinations of plane waves with different directions. We combine approximation estimates for homogeneous Helmholtz solutions by generalized harmonic polynomials, obtained from Vekua’s theory, with estimates for the approximation of generalized harmonic polynomials by plane waves. The latter is the focus of this paper. We establish best approximation error estimates in Sobolev norms, which are explicit in terms of the degree of the generalized polynomial to be approximated, the domain size, and the number of plane waves used in the approximations.     

The Dirichlet problem for non‐divergence parabolic equations with discontinuous in time coefficients

We consider the Dirichlet problem for non‐divergence parabolic equation with discontinuous in t coefficients in a half space. The main result is weighted coercive estimates of solutions in anisotropic Sobolev spaces. We give an application of this result to linear and quasi‐linear parabolic equations in a bounded domain. In particular, if the boundary is of class C^1,δ , δ ∈ [0, 1], then we present a coercive estimate of solutions in weighted anisotropic Sobolev spaces, where the weight is a power of the distance to the boundary (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Some Properties of the Anisotropic Riesz-Bessel Potential

The Hardy-Littlewood-Bessel maximal functions (B-maximal functions), Morrey-Bessel and BMO-Bessel spaces were introduced and studied in [6]. In the present paper, we study the anisotropic Riesz-Bessel potential (B-potential) in the Morrey-Bessel and BMO-Bessel spaces. We obtain a theorem analogous to the Sobolev theorem, for the anisotropic Riesz-Bessel potential in Morrey-Bessel spaces. We introduce a metric characteristic _p, in the space of locally integrable functions and establish estimates connecting the characteristics of the image and preimage of the corresponding integral transform. These estimates are of independent interest. Moreover, they are used for the investigation of integral operators in different scales of Banach function spaces, in particular, in weighted L _p -spaces. The results seem to be new even in the isotropic case.     

Error estimates on anisotropic elements for functions in weighted Sobolev spaces

In this paper we prove error estimates for a piecewise average interpolation on anisotropic rectangular elements, i.e., rectangles with sides of different orders, in two and three dimensions.

Our error estimates are valid under the condition that neighboring elements have comparable size. This is a very mild assumption that includes more general meshes than those allowed in previous papers. In particular, strong anisotropic meshes arising naturally in the approximation of problems with boundary layers fall under our hypotheses.

Moreover, we generalize the error estimates allowing on the right-hand side some weighted Sobolev norms. This extension is of interest in singularly perturbed problems.

Finally, we consider the approximation of functions vanishing on the boundary by finite element functions with the same property, a point that was not considered in previous papers on average interpolations for anisotropic elements.

As an application we consider the approximation of a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation and show that, as a consequence of our results, almost optimal order error estimates in the energy norm, valid uniformly in the perturbation parameter, can be obtained.

     

Variational approach for the Stokes and Navier–Stokes systems with nonsmooth coefficients in Lipschitz domains on compact Riemannian manifolds

The purpose of this paper is to show well-posedness results for Dirichlet problems for the Stokes and Navier–Stokes systems with \(L^{\infty }\)-variable coefficients in \(L^2\)-based Sobolev spaces in Lipschitz domains on compact Riemannian manifolds. First, we refer to the Dirichlet problem for the nonsmooth coefficient Stokes system on Lipschitz domains in compact Riemannian manifolds and show its well-posedness by employing a variational approach that reduces the boundary value problem of Dirichlet type to a variational problem defined in terms of two bilinear continuous forms, one of them satisfying a coercivity condition and another one the inf-sup condition. We show also the equivalence between some transmission problems for the nonsmooth coefficient Stokes system in complementary Lipschitz domains on compact Riemannian manifolds and their mixed variational counterparts, and then their well-posedness in \(L^2\)-based Sobolev spaces by using the remarkable Nec?as–Babus?ka–Brezzi technique (see Babus?ka in Numer Math 20:179–192, 1973; Brezzi in RAIRO Anal Numer R2:129–151, 1974; Nec?as in Rev Roum Math Pures Appl 9:47–69, 1964). As a consequence of these well-posedness results we define the layer potential operators for the nonsmooth coefficient Stokes system on Lipschitz surfaces in compact Riemannian manifolds, and provide their main mapping properties. These properties are used to construct explicitly the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the Stokes system. Further, we combine the well-posedness of the Dirichlet problem for the nonsmooth coefficient Stokes system with a fixed point theorem to show the existence of a weak solution to the Dirichlet problem for the nonsmooth variable coefficient Navier–Stokes system in \(L^2\)-based Sobolev spaces in Lipschitz domains on compact Riemannian manifolds. The well developed potential theory for the smooth coefficient Stokes system on compact Riemannian manifolds (cf. Dindos? and Mitrea in Arch Ration Mech Anal 174:1–47, 2004; Mitrea and Taylor in Math Ann 321:955–987, 2001) is also discussed in the context of the potential theory developed in this paper.     

On the asymptotic behavior of solution for the generalized IBq equation with Stokes damped term

In this paper, we investigate the Cauchy problem for the generalized improved Boussinesq equation with Stokes damped term in n-dimensional space. We observe that the dissipative structure of the linearized equation is of the regularity-loss type. This means that we have the optimal decay estimates of solutions under the additional regularity assumption on the initial data. Based on the decay estimates of solutions to the corresponding linear equation and smallness condition on the initial data, we prove the global existence and asymptotic of the small amplitude solution in the time-weighted Sobolev space by the contraction mapping principle.     

Incompressible limit of all-time solutions to 3-D full Navier–Stokes equations for perfect gas with well-prepared initial condition

In this paper, we prove the incompressible limit of all-time strong solutions to the three-dimensional full compressible Navier–Stokes equations. Here the velocity field and temperature satisfy the Dirichlet boundary condition and convective boundary condition, respectively. The uniform estimates in both the Mach number \({\epsilon\in(0,\overline{\epsilon}]}\) and time \({t\in[0,\infty)}\) are established by deriving a differential inequality with decay property, where \({\overline{\epsilon}\in(0,1]}\) is a constant. Based on these uniform estimates, the global solution of full compressible Navier–Stokes equations with “well-prepared” initial conditions converges to the one of isentropic incompressible Navier–Stokes equations as the Mach number goes to zero.     

Anisotropic equations in weighted Sobolev spaces of higher order

We consider the strongly nonlinear boundary value problem,