Local‐in‐Time Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to the Prandtl Equations by Energy Methods. Issue 10 (25th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Masmoudi, Nader; Wong, Tak Kwong
• Is Part Of: Communications on pure and applied mathematics. Volume 68:Issue 10(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 1683
• Page End: 1741
• Publication Date: 2015-07-25
• Subjects: Mathematics -- Periodicals; Mechanics -- Periodicals; Mathématiques -- Périodiques; Mécanique -- Périodiques; 510.5
• DOI: 10.1002/cpa.21595
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-3640

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>We prove local existence and uniqueness for the two‐dimensional Prandtl system in weighted Sobolev spaces under Oleinik's monotonicity assumption. In particular we do not use the Crocco transform or any change of variables. Our proof is based on a <italic>new nonlinear energy estimate</italic> for the Prandtl system. This new energy estimate is based on a cancellation property that is valid under the monotonicity assumption. To construct the solution, we use a regularization of the system that preserves this nonlinear structure. This new nonlinear structure may give some insight into the convergence properties from the Navier‐Stokes system to the Euler system when the viscosity goes to 0. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p> </abstract>