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The Leray and Fujita-Kato theorems for the Boussinesq system with partial viscosity

07/2008;
Source: arXiv

ABSTRACT We are concerned with the so-called Boussinesq equations with partial viscosity. These equations consist of the ordinary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with a forcing term which is transported {\it with no dissipation} by the velocity field. Such equations are simplified models for geophysics (in which case the forcing term is proportional either to the temperature, or to the salinity or to the density). In the present paper, we show that the standard theorems for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations may be extended to Boussinesq system despite the fact that there is no dissipation or decay at large time for the forcing term. More precisely, we state the global existence of finite energy weak solutions in any dimension, and global well-posedness in dimension $N\geq3$ for small data. In the two-dimensional case, the finite energy global solutions are shown to be unique for any data in $L^2(\R^2).$

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dimension $N\geq3$
 
dissipation
 
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equations
 
finite energy global solutions
 
finite energy weak solutions
 
forcing term
 
global existence
 
global well-posedness
 
incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
 
large time
 
ordinary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
 
partial viscosity
 
present paper
 
salinity
 
so-called Boussinesq equations
 
standard theorems
 
two-dimensional case
 
velocity field