Non-uniqueness of (Stochastic) Lagrangian Trajectories for Euler Equations
Abstract
We are concerned with the (stochastic) Lagrangian trajectories associated with Euler or Navier-Stokes equations. First, in the vanishing viscosity limit, we establish sharp non-uniqueness results for positive solutions to transport equations advected by weak solutions of the 3D Euler equations that exhibit kinetic energy dissipation with regularity. As a corollary, in conjunction with the superposition principle, this yields the non-uniqueness of associated (deterministic) Lagrangian trajectories. Second, in dimension , for any or , we construct solutions to the Euler or Navier-Stokes equations in the space , demonstrating that the associated (stochastic) Lagrangian trajectories are not unique. Our result is sharp in 2D in the sense that: (1) in the stochastic case, for any vector field with , the associated stochastic Lagrangian trajectory associated with is unique (see \cite{KR05}); (2) in the deterministic case, the LPS condition guarantees that for any weak solution with to the Navier-Stokes equations, the associated (deterministic) Lagrangian trajectory is unique. Our result is also sharp in dimension in the sense that for any divergence-free vector field with , the associated (deterministic) Lagrangian trajectory is unique (see \cite{CC21}).
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@article{arxiv.2504.16687,
title = {Non-uniqueness of (Stochastic) Lagrangian Trajectories for Euler Equations},
author = {Huaxiang Lü and Michael Röckner and Xiangchan Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.16687},
year = {2025}
}
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76 pages, 1 figure