Mathematics

H枚lder Continuous Euler Flows in Three Dimensions with Compact Support in Time

Paperback

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$93.00/拢78.00
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Published:
Feb 21, 2017
2017
Pages:
216
Size:
6 x 9.25 in.

Motivated by the theory of turbulence in fluids, the physicist and chemist Lars Onsager conjectured in 1949 that weak solutions to the incompressible Euler equations might fail to conserve energy if their spatial regularity was below 1/3-H枚lder. In this book, Philip Isett uses the method of convex integration to achieve the best-known results regarding nonuniqueness of solutions and Onsager’s conjecture. Focusing on the intuition behind the method, the ideas introduced now play a pivotal role in the ongoing study of weak solutions to fluid dynamics equations.

The construction itself鈥攁n intricate algorithm with hidden symmetries鈥攎ixes together transport equations, algebra, the method of nonstationary phase, underdetermined partial differential equations (PDEs), and specially designed high-frequency waves built using nonlinear phase functions. The powerful 鈥淢ain Lemma鈥濃攗sed here to construct nonzero solutions with compact support in time and to prove nonuniqueness of solutions to the initial value problem鈥攈as been extended to a broad range of applications that are surveyed in the appendix. Appropriate for students and researchers studying nonlinear PDEs, this book aims to be as robust as possible and pinpoints the main difficulties that presently stand in the way of a full solution to Onsager’s conjecture.