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Stability threshold of Couette flow for Boussinesq equations in $\mathbb{R}^2$

Analysis of PDEs 2025-08-19 v1

Abstract

This paper establishes the asymptotic stability threshold for the Couette flow (y,0)(y,0) under the 2D Boussinesq system in R2\mathbb{R}^2. It was proved that for initial perturbations in Sobolev spaces with controlled low horizontal frequencies, the stability threshold is at most {13+,23+}\left\{\frac{1}{3}+, \frac{2}{3}+\right\}, extending the known threshold results from the periodic case Tx×Ry\mathbb{T}_x \times \mathbb{R}_y to the whole space. The core innovations are twofold: First, the Dx1\langle D_x^{-1} \rangle control on the initial data simultaneously resolves horizontal frequency singularities and optimizes integral indices when applying Young's convolution inequality. Second, we develop a modified multiplier M3\mathcal{M}_3 that effectively absorbs the Dx1/3|D_x|^{1/3} derivative structure induced by the temperature equation while handling nonlinear echo cascades.

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@article{arxiv.2508.11908,
  title  = {Stability threshold of Couette flow for Boussinesq equations in $\mathbb{R}^2$},
  author = {Yubo Chen and Wendong Wang and Guoxu Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.11908},
  year   = {2025}
}