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We prove the existence of both local and global smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem in the whole space and the periodic problem in the n-dimensional torus for the incompressible viscoelastic system of Oldroyd-B type in the case of near- equilibrium initial data. The results hold in both two- and three-dimensional spaces. The results and methods presented in this paper are also valid for a wide range of elastic complex fluids, such as magnetohydrodynamics, liquid crystals, and mixture problems.
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lei, Z., Liu, C. & Zhou, Y. Global Solutions for Incompressible Viscoelastic Fluids. Arch Rational Mech Anal 188, 371–398 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-007-0089-x
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