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We provide a vast class of counterexamples to the chain rule for the divergence of bounded vector fields in three space dimensions. Our convex integration approach allows us to produce renormalization defects of various kinds, which in a…

Given bounded vector field $b : \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$, scalar field $u : \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$ and a smooth function $\beta : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ we study the characterization of the distribution $\mathrm{div}(\beta(u)b)$…

We provide a self-contained proof of the solvability and regularity of a Hodge-type elliptic system, wherein the divergence and curl of a vector field are prescribed in an open, bounded, Sobolev-class domain, and either the normal component…

We construct divergence-free Sobolev vector fields in C([0,1];W^{1,r}(T^d;R^d)) with r < d and d >=2 which simultaneously admit any finite number of distinct positive solutions to the continuity equation. We then show that the vector fields…

For any positive regularity parameter $\beta < \frac 12$, we construct non-conservative weak solutions of the 3D incompressible Euler equations which lie in $H^{\beta}$ uniformly in time. In particular, we construct solutions which have an…

We introduce a convex integration scheme for the continuity equation in the context of the Di Perna-Lions theory that allows to build incompressible vector fields in $C_{t}W^{1,p}_x$ and nonunique solutions in $C_{t} L^{q}_x$ for any $p,q$…

We show that there are continuous, $W^{1,p}$ ($p<d-1$), incompressible vector fields for which uniqueness of solutions to the continuity equation fails.

We show that every $\mathbb{R}^d$-valued Sobolev path with regularity $\alpha$ and integrability $p$ can be lifted to a Sobolev rough path provided $\alpha < 1/p<1/3$. The novelty of our approach is its use of ideas underlying Hairer's…

We construct solutions of the 2D incompressible Euler equations in $\mathds{R}^2\times [0,\infty)$ such that initially the velocity is in the super-critical Sobolev space $H^\beta$ for $1<\beta<2$, but are not in $H^{\beta'}$ for…

We consider the Cauchy problem for the continuity equation with a bounded nearly incompressible vector field $b\colon (0,T) \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$, $T>0$. This class of vector fields arises in the context of hyperbolic…

In this paper, we resolve an important long-standing question of Alberti \cite{alberti2012generalized} that asks if there is a continuous vector field with bounded divergence and of class $W^{1, p}$ for some $p \geq 1$ such that the ODE…

Let $p\ge 1$ and let $\boldsymbol{v} \colon \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be a compactly supported vector field with $\boldsymbol{v} \in L^p(\mathbb R^d)$ and $\operatorname{div} \boldsymbol{v} = 0$ (in the sense of distributions). It was…

Given any divergence-free vector field of Sobolev class $W^{m,p}_0(\Omega)$ in a bounded open subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$, we are interested in approximating it in the $W^{m,p}$ norm with divergence-free smooth vector fields…

In this paper we consider the incompressible Euler equation on the Sobolev space $H^s(\R^n)$, $s > n/2+1$, and show that for any $T > 0$ its solution map $u_0 \mapsto u(T)$, mapping the initial value to the value at time $T$, is nowhere…

The Coulomb problem for vector bosons W incorporates a known difficulty; the boson falls on the center. In QED the fermion vacuum polarization produces a barrier at small distances which solves the problem. In a renormalizable SU(2) theory…

A note that points out the possibility to have p<1 in Sobolev type of inequalities by a use of the momomial structure of polynomials or power series. The proof is simple: Triangle angle inequality p*>1, monomial estimate from p* to exponent…

In this paper we consider the chain rule formula for compositions $x\mapsto F(x, u(x))$ in the case when $u$ has a Sobolev or BV regularity and $F(x,z)$ is separately Sobolev, or BV, with respect to $x$ and $C^1$ with respect to $z$. Our…

We study the Sobolev inequality and the existence of its extremal functions in the setting of homogeneous H\"{o}rmander vector fields. A principal result establishes a mutual inclusion between the set of volume growth rates of subunit balls…

We establish that the Dirichlet problem for convex linear growth functionals on $BD$, the functions of bounded deformation, gives rise to the same unconditional Sobolev and partial $C^{1,\alpha}$-regularity theory as presently available for…

We consider the minimization problem corresponding to a Sobolev inequality for vector fields and show that minimizing sequences are relatively compact up to the symmetries of the problem. In particular, there is a minimizer. An ingredient…