A right inverse of the divergence for planar Hölder-$α$ domains

dc.creatorDurán, Ricardo G.
dc.creatorGarcía, Fernando López
dc.date2008-04-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:36:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:36:05Z
dc.descriptionIf $Ω\subset\R^n$ is a bounded domain, the existence of solutions ${\bf u}\in H^1_0(Ω)^n$ of ${div} {\bf u} = f$ for $f\in L^2(Ω)$ with vanishing mean value, is a basic result in the analysis of the Stokes equations. In particular it allows to show the existence of a solution $({\bf u},p)\in H^1_0(Ω)^n\times L^2(Ω)$, where ${\bf u}$ is the velocity and $p$ the pressure. It is known that the above mentioned result holds when $Ω$ is a Lipschitz domain and that it is not valid for arbitrary Hölder-$α$ domains. In this paper we prove that if $Ω$ is a planar simply connected Hölder-$α$ domain, there exist right inverses of the divergence which are continuous in appropriate weighted spaces, where the weights are powers of the distance to the boundary. Moreover, we show that the powers of the distance in the results obtained are optimal. In our results, the zero boundary condition is replaced by a weaker one. For the particular case of domains with an external cusp of power type, we prove that our weaker boundary condition is equivalent to the standard one. In this case we show the well posedness of the Stokes equations in appropriate weighted Sobolev spaces obtaining as a consequence the existence of a solution $({\bf u},p)\in H^1_0(Ω)^n\times L^r(Ω)$ for some $r<2$ depending on the power of the cusp.
dc.description19 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4873
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4873
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/160050
dc.subjectAnalysis of PDEs
dc.subject26D10 ; 35Q30
dc.titleA right inverse of the divergence for planar Hölder-$α$ domains
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