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A current based approach for the uniqueness of the continuity equation

Analysis of PDEs 2024-02-19 v1

Abstract

We consider the problem of proving uniqueness of the solution of the continuity equation with a vector field u[L1(0,T;W1,p(Td))L((0,T)×Td)]du \in [L^1 (0,T; W^{1,p}(\mathbb{T}^d)) \cap L^\infty ((0,T) \times \mathbb{T}^d)]^d with div(u)L1(0,T;L(Td))\operatorname{div}(u) ^- \in L^1 (0,T; L^\infty (\mathbb{T}^d)) and an initial datum ρ0Lq(Td)\rho_0 \in L^q (\mathbb{T}^d), where Td\mathbb{T}^d is the dd-dimensional torus and 1p,q+ 1 \leq p,q \leq +\infty such that 1/p+1/q=11/p + 1/q =1 without using the theory of renormalized solutions. We propose a more geometric approach which will however still rely on a strong L1L^1 estimate on the commutator (which is the key technical tool when using renormalized solutions, too), but other than that will be based on the theory of currents.

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@article{arxiv.2402.10719,
  title  = {A current based approach for the uniqueness of the continuity equation},
  author = {Tommaso Cortopassi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.10719},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages

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