Construction of a right inverse for the divergence in non-cylindrical time dependent domains
Abstract
We construct a stable right inverse for the divergence operator in non-cylindrical domains in space-time. The domains are assumed to be H\"older regular in space and evolve continuously in time. The inverse operator is of Bogovskij type, meaning that it attains zero boundary values. We provide estimates in Sobolev spaces of positive and negative order with respect to both time and space variables. The regularity estimates on the operator depend on the assumed H\"older regularity of the domain. The results can naturally be connected to the known theory for Lipschitz domains. As an application, we prove refined pressure estimates for weak and very weak solutions to Navier--Stokes equations in time dependent domains.
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@article{arxiv.2107.09573,
title = {Construction of a right inverse for the divergence in non-cylindrical time dependent domains},
author = {Olli Saari and Sebastian Schwarzacher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09573},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
v3 final version after incorporating the referee's suggestions. To appear in Ann. PDE