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$L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$ Well-Posedness and Logarithmic Lipschitz Regularity for the Density Patch Problem

Analysis of PDEs 2026-07-12 v1

Abstract

We study the density patch problem for the two-dimensional inhomogeneous incompressible Navier--Stokes system with vacuum, for initial data consisting of a Lipschitz density patch and a divergence-free velocity field in L2(R2)L^2(\mathbb{R}^2). We establish uniqueness of solutions at the natural energy level, thereby concluding the global well-posedness for L2L^2 data. Furthermore, we prove a log-Lipschitz estimate for the velocity field, extending the classical result of Chemin-Lerner to the inhomogeneous setting. As a consequence, the associated flow belongs to LtCx1εL^\infty_t C_x^{1-\varepsilon}. for any ε(0,1)\varepsilon \in (0,1), ensuring that the patch boundary remains a continuous curve of Hausdorff dimension 11, thus preserving its initial dimension for all time.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.10676,
  title  = {$L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$ Well-Posedness and Logarithmic Lipschitz Regularity for the Density Patch Problem},
  author = {Alessandro Violini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.10676},
  year   = {2026}
}