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A Note on Strong Solutions to the Stokes System

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We give an alternative and quite simple proof of existence of W 2,q-W 1,q-strong solutions for the Stokes system, endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded smooth domain.

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Dedicated to Hugo Beirão da Veiga on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Berselli, L.C. A Note on Strong Solutions to the Stokes System. Acta Appl Math 134, 123–131 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-014-9873-4

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