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Local Existence for the Non-Resistive MHD Equations in Nearly Optimal Sobolev Spaces

  • Charles L. Fefferman
  • David S. McCormick
  • James C. Robinson
  • Jose L. Rodrigo
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Abstract

This paper establishes the local-in-time existence and uniqueness of solutions to the viscous, non-resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in \({\mathbb{R}^d}\), where d = 2, 3, with initial data \({B_0\in H^s(\mathbb{R}^d)}\) and \({u_0\in H^{s-1+\epsilon}(\mathbb{R}^d)}\) for \({s > d/2}\) and any \({0 < \epsilon < 1}\). The proof relies on maximal regularity estimates for the Stokes equation. The obstruction to taking \({\epsilon=0}\) is explained by the failure of solutions of the heat equation with initial data \({u_0\in H^{s-1}}\) to satisfy \({u\in L^1(0,T; H^{s+1})}\); we provide an explicit example of this phenomenon.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Charles L. Fefferman
    • 1
  • David S. McCormick
    • 2
  • James C. Robinson
    • 3
  • Jose L. Rodrigo
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of MathematicsPrinceton UniversityPrincetonUSA
  2. 2.School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesUniversity of SussexBrightonUK
  3. 3.Mathematics InstituteUniversity of WarwickCoventryUK

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