Introduction and main results
The compressible Navier–Stokes–Poisson (NSP) system is a classical model that couples the Navier–Stokes equations with a self-consistent Poisson equation, and is commonly employed to describe the motion of charged particles such as electrons or holes. In this paper, we study the initial-boundary value problem for the compressible Navier–Stokes–Poisson system in a three-dimensional smooth bounded domain Ω ⊂ R 3 \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{3} Ω ⊂ R 3 :
{ ρ t ε + div ( ρ ε u ε ) = 0 , ρ ε u t ε + ρ ε u ε ⋅ ∇ u ε + ∇ p ε = μ ε Δ u ε + ( λ + μ ) ε ∇ div u ε + ρ ε ∇ ϕ ε , Δ ϕ ε = ρ ε − 1 , (1) \begin{cases}
\rho^{\varepsilon}_{t}+\operatorname{div}(\rho^{\varepsilon}u^{\varepsilon})=0,\\
\rho^{\varepsilon}u^{\varepsilon}_{t}+\rho^{\varepsilon}u^{\varepsilon}\cdot\nabla u^{\varepsilon}+\nabla p^{\varepsilon}=\mu\varepsilon\Delta u^{\varepsilon}+(\lambda+\mu)\varepsilon\nabla\operatorname{div}u^{\varepsilon}+\rho^{\varepsilon}\nabla\phi^{\varepsilon},\\
\Delta\phi^{\varepsilon}=\rho^{\varepsilon}-1, \tag*{(1)}
\end{cases} ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ ρ t ε + div ( ρ ε u ε ) = 0 , ρ ε u t ε + ρ ε u ε ⋅ ∇ u ε + ∇ p ε = μ ε Δ u ε + ( λ + μ ) ε ∇ div u ε + ρ ε ∇ ϕ ε , Δ ϕ ε = ρ ε − 1 , (1)
where ρ ε \rho^{\varepsilon} ρ ε , u ε u^{\varepsilon} u ε , and ϕ ε \phi^{\varepsilon} ϕ ε denote the density, velocity, and electric potential, respectively. The pressure is given by
p ε = ( ρ ε ) γ , γ > 1 , p^{\varepsilon}=(\rho^{\varepsilon})^{\gamma},\qquad\gamma>1, p ε = ( ρ ε ) γ , γ > 1 ,
and the viscosity coefficients satisfy
μ > 0 , 2 μ + 3 λ > 0. \mu>0,\qquad2\mu+3\lambda>0. μ > 0 , 2 μ + 3 λ > 0.
Here 0 < ε ≤ 1 0<\varepsilon\leq1 0 < ε ≤ 1 is the viscosity parameter, and the background charge density in the Poisson equation is normalized to be 1.
We impose a general Navier–slip boundary condition on the velocity. In its stress form, this condition is written as
u ε ⋅ n = 0 , ( S u ε ⋅ n ) τ = − ( A u ε ) τ on ∂ Ω , u^\varepsilon\cdot n = 0,\qquad\left(Su^\varepsilon\cdot n\right)_\tau= -\left(Au^\varepsilon\right)_\tau\quad\text{on } \partial\Omega, u ε ⋅ n = 0 , ( S u ε ⋅ n ) τ = − ( A u ε ) τ on ∂ Ω ,
where
S u ε = 1 2 ( ∇ u ε + ( ∇ u ε ) T ) . Su^\varepsilon= \frac{1}{2}\left(\nabla u^\varepsilon+ \left(\nabla u^\varepsilon\right)^{T}\right). S u ε = 2 1 ( ∇ u ε + ( ∇ u ε ) T ) .
n n n is the unit outward normal vector to ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , A A A is a given smooth symmetric matrix on the boundary, and ( ⋅ ) τ (\cdot)_\tau ( ⋅ ) τ denotes the tangential component. For smooth solutions, using the identity
( 2 S ( v ) n − ( ∇ × v ) × n ) τ = − ( 2 S ( n ) v ) τ , \left(2S(v)n - (\nabla\times v)\times n\right)_\tau= -\left(2S(n)v\right)_\tau, ( 2 S ( v ) n − ( ∇ × v ) × n ) τ = − ( 2 S ( n ) v ) τ ,
this boundary condition can be equivalently rewritten in the vorticity form
u ε ⋅ n = 0 , n × ω ε = [ B u ε ] τ on ∂ Ω , (2) u^\varepsilon\cdot n = 0,\qquad n \times\omega^\varepsilon= \left[Bu^\varepsilon\right]_\tau\quad\text{on } \partial\Omega, \tag*{(2)} u ε ⋅ n = 0 , n × ω ε = [ B u ε ] τ on ∂ Ω , (2)
where
ω ε = ∇ × u ε , B = 2 ( A − S ( n ) ) . \omega^\varepsilon= \nabla\times u^\varepsilon,\qquad B = 2(A-S(n)). ω ε = ∇ × u ε , B = 2 ( A − S ( n )) .
This vorticity formulation is more convenient for the normal derivative and boundary vorticity estimates. For the electric potential, we impose the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition
∂ n ϕ ε = 0 on ∂ Ω . (3) \partial_n\phi^\varepsilon= 0 \quad\text{on } \partial\Omega. \tag*{(3)} ∂ n ϕ ε = 0 on ∂ Ω. (3)
As ε → 0 \varepsilon\to0 ε → 0 , the viscous terms in (1) formally vanish, and the corresponding limiting system is the compressible Euler–Poisson system
{ ρ t + div ( ρ u ) = 0 , ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u + ∇ p = ρ ∇ ϕ , x ∈ Ω , t > 0 , Δ ϕ = ρ − 1 , (4) \begin{cases}
\rho_t + \operatorname{div}(\rho u) = 0,\\
\rho u_t + \rho u\cdot\nabla u + \nabla p = \rho\nabla\phi,\qquad x\in\Omega,\quad t>0,\\
\Delta\phi= \rho- 1, \tag*{(4)}
\end{cases} ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ ρ t + div ( ρ u ) = 0 , ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u + ∇ p = ρ ∇ ϕ , x ∈ Ω , t > 0 , Δ ϕ = ρ − 1 , (4)
where p = ρ γ p=\rho^\gamma p = ρ γ . The limiting boundary conditions are
u ⋅ n = 0 , ∂ n ϕ = 0 on ∂ Ω . (5) u\cdot n = 0,\qquad\partial_n\phi= 0 \quad\text{on } \partial\Omega. \tag*{(5)} u ⋅ n = 0 , ∂ n ϕ = 0 on ∂ Ω. (5)
Thus, our aim is to establish uniform estimates for (1) –(3) in a conormal Sobolev framework and to justify the inviscid limit from (1) to (4) .
The vanishing viscosity limit for the Navier–Stokes equations is a classical problem in mathematical fluid mechanics. In the absence of boundaries, the limit can be justified in the standard Sobolev framework as long as the corresponding Euler solution remains smooth [15 ] . In domains with physical boundaries, however, the problem becomes much more delicate because viscous and inviscid flows usually satisfy different boundary conditions. For the no-slip boundary condition, the inviscid limit is closely related to the Prandtl boundary layer theory and remains largely open, except in some special settings such as analytic data, vorticity initially separated from the boundary, or certain steady regimes [24 , 25 , 21 , 23 ] . In contrast, Navier–slip type boundary conditions are more compatible with the inviscid boundary condition and therefore make it possible to establish uniform regularity estimates. For incompressible flows, uniform regularity and the inviscid limit under slip or Navier-type boundary conditions were studied in [35 , 2 , 10 , 36 ] . A decisive progress was made by Masmoudi and Rousset [22 ] , who developed conormal Sobolev estimates in general domains and justified the vanishing viscosity limit by compactness. This conormal approach was later adapted to the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with general Navier–slip boundary conditions by Wang, Xin and Yong [34 ] , and to the full compressible Navier–Stokes system by Wang [33 ] . These works provide the main analytical background for the present paper, where conormal derivatives are used to capture tangential regularity while the missing normal regularity is recovered from the equations and the boundary structure.
The main object of this paper is the compressible Navier–Stokes–Poisson system. This model describes the motion of a compressible charged fluid coupled with a self-consistent electrostatic field and appears in plasma physics, semiconductor theory, ionized gas dynamics and related hydrodynamic models of charged particles. A systematic introduction to the compressible Navier–Stokes–Poisson equations can be found in Hsiao and Li [9 ] . Compared with the usual compressible Navier–Stokes equations, the Poisson equation introduces a nonlocal elliptic coupling into the momentum equation, and the electric force has to be estimated together with the fluid variables. This changes both the energy structure and the regularity analysis, especially in the presence of physical boundaries.
There is a large literature on the well-posedness and large-time behavior of the Navier–Stokes–Poisson system. Weak solutions were studied, for example, in [5 , 16 , 37 ] , where the main difficulty is to combine the compactness of the fluid variables with the elliptic structure of the self-consistent potential. For strong solutions in the Cauchy problem, global existence and decay around equilibrium states have been obtained in various perturbative frameworks [8 , 17 , 26 , 32 , 28 , 3 ] . These works show that the electric field may produce additional dissipation or dispersive effects, but at the same time creates new coupling terms in the high-order energy estimates. For problems with boundaries or nontrivial background profiles, stability of steady states, global well-posedness and decay have also been investigated in bounded or exterior domains [27 , 19 , 20 , 4 ] . In particular, the treatment of boundary conditions for the electric potential is essential, since different choices of boundary conditions may lead to different boundary mechanisms. There are also related models with additional physical effects, such as damping term, heat conductivity, capillarity or quantum/Korteweg-type corrections [29 , 30 , 14 , 1 ] . These variants further illustrate that the Poisson coupling interacts strongly with the dissipative and dispersive structures of the fluid equations.
Singular limits for the Navier–Stokes–Poisson system form another important direction. The quasi-neutral limit, the vanishing Debye length limit, the relaxation limit and the vanishing viscosity limit have been studied by compactness methods, relative entropy methods, dispersive estimates, boundary layer analysis and energy estimates. In the whole space or periodic domains, the convergence from Navier–Stokes–Poisson type systems to incompressible Euler, Euler–Poisson or related limiting systems has been considered in [31 , 6 , 11 , 18 ] . For half-space or boundary problems, the interaction between the Poisson equation and the boundary conditions becomes more subtle. Ju and Xu [12 ] studied quasi-neutral and zero-viscosity limits for the Navier–Stokes–Poisson equations in the half-space. Ju, Luo and Xu [13 ] justified singular limits for a viscous plasma under Navier–slip boundary condition for the velocity and Dirichlet boundary condition for the electric potential; in that problem, the main difficulty is the strong density boundary layer generated by the prescribed boundary potential and its interaction with the weak velocity boundary layer. In contrast, when the electric potential satisfies a homogeneous Neumann boundary condition, the electrostatic energy is naturally compatible with integration by parts, and the strong boundary layer mechanism caused by the prescribed potential is absent. Nevertheless, uniform high-order estimates remain nontrivial because one still has to control the nonlocal electric field together with the compressible fluid variables.
Recently, uniform regularity and vanishing viscosity limits for Navier–Stokes–Poisson type systems have attracted further attention. For the compressible Navier–Stokes–Poisson system with damping term under the slip boundary condition, Gao, Peng, Wei and Yao [7 ] established global-in-time uniform bounds and obtained the vanishing viscosity limit with convergence rates. The damping term plays a stabilizing role in their analysis and allows global-in-time estimates. The present paper is concerned with a different setting: we consider the compressible Navier–Stokes– Stokes–Poisson system without damping term in a general three-dimensional bounded domain, equipped with the Navier–slip boundary condition for the velocity and the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition for the electrostatic potential. Therefore, the problem is local in time, but it retains the essential difficulties caused by the curved boundary, the compressibility and the nonlocal Poisson coupling.
The goal of this paper is to establish uniform conormal regularity estimates for the Navier–Stokes–Poisson system, independently of the viscosity, and then to justify the vanishing viscosity limit to the corresponding Euler–Poisson system. Compared with the compressible Navier–Stokes theory [34 , 33 ] , the new difficulty is the electric force ρ ∇ ϕ \rho\nabla\phi ρ ∇ ϕ , which requires elliptic estimates for the Poisson equation at the same conormal level as the fluid estimates. In particular, one has to control ∇ ϕ \nabla\phi ∇ ϕ in both conormal Sobolev norms and L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -type norms, and to show that the Poisson coupling can be incorporated into the energy method without losing derivatives. The homogeneous Neumann boundary condition for ϕ \phi ϕ is crucial in this respect. Our analysis shows that the conormal framework remains effective for the Navier–Stokes–Poisson coupling in general bounded domains and yields, by compactness, the inviscid Euler–Poisson limit.
We now state the main results. The system and boundary conditions have been given above. Throughout this paper, for each 0 < ε ≤ 1 0 < \varepsilon\le1 0 < ε ≤ 1 , the initial potential ϕ 0 \phi_0 ϕ 0 is determined by
Δ ϕ 0 = ρ 0 − 1 , ∂ n ϕ 0 = 0 on ∂ Ω . \Delta\phi_0=\rho_0-1,\qquad\partial_n\phi_0=0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega. Δ ϕ 0 = ρ 0 − 1 , ∂ n ϕ 0 = 0 on ∂ Ω.
We also assume the compatibility condition
∫ Ω ( ρ 0 − 1 ) d x = 0. \int_\Omega(\rho_0-1)\,dx=0. ∫ Ω ( ρ 0 − 1 ) d x = 0.
We define the functional space adapted to the viscous Navier–Stokes–Poisson system. For 0 < ε ≤ 1 0 < \varepsilon\le1 0 < ε ≤ 1 , set
∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m ε 2 : = ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k ∇ p ( t ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 + ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + ε ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 . (6) \begin{aligned}
\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{X_m^\varepsilon}^2 &:=
\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\nabla u(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\\
&\quad+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\|\partial_t^k\nabla p(t)\|_{m-1-k}^2+\|\Delta p(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^1}^2\\
&\quad+\|(\nabla u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^2+\varepsilon\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(t)\|_{L^2}^2+\varepsilon\|\Delta p(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^2}^2. \tag*{(6)}
\end{aligned} ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m ε 2 := ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k ∇ p ( t ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 + ∥Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + ε ∥Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 . (6)
For the limiting Euler–Poisson system (4) , we use the notation
∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m 0 2 : = ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k ∇ p ( t ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 + ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 . (7) \begin{aligned}
\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{X_m^0}^2 &:=
\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\nabla u(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\\
&\quad+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\|\partial_t^k\nabla p(t)\|_{m-1-k}^2+\|\Delta p(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^1}^2\\
&\quad+\|(\nabla u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^2. \tag*{(7)}
\end{aligned} ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m 0 2 := ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k ∇ p ( t ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 + ∥Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 . (7)
Here ∥ ⋅ ∥ H m \|\cdot\|_{\mathcal{H}^m} ∥ ⋅ ∥ H m denotes the space-time conormal Sobolev norm, while ∥ ⋅ ∥ k \|\cdot\|_k ∥ ⋅ ∥ k denotes the pure spatial conormal Sobolev norm. Moreover, ∥ ⋅ ∥ H 1 , ∞ \|\cdot\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}} ∥ ⋅ ∥ H 1 , ∞ denotes the corresponding conormal L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -type norm. Their precise definitions are given in § 2 .
Compared with the space used for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations, the space in (1.6) contains the additional electric-field term ∥ ∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H m 2 \|\nabla\phi(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2 ∥∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H m 2 , which is required to control the force ρ ∇ ϕ \rho\nabla\phi ρ ∇ ϕ coupled through the Poisson equation.
To complete the setup of our functional framework, we define the uniform solution space X m ε ( T ) X_m^\varepsilon(T) X m ε ( T ) as
X m ε ( T ) = { ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∈ L ∞ ( [ 0 , T ] ; L 2 ( Ω ) ) | e s s s u p 0 ≤ t ≤ T ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m ε < + ∞ } . (8) X_m^\varepsilon(T)=\left\{(p,u,\nabla\phi)\in L^\infty([0,T];L^2(\Omega))\ \middle|\ \mathop{\mathrm{ess\,sup}}_{0\le t\le T}\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{X_m^\varepsilon}<+\infty\right\}. \tag*{(8)} X m ε ( T ) = { ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∈ L ∞ ([ 0 , T ] ; L 2 ( Ω )) ess sup 0 ≤ t ≤ T ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m ε < + ∞ } . (8)
We assume that the initial data satisfy
0 < 1 C ^ 0 ≤ ρ 0 ( x ) ≤ C ^ 0 < ∞ , (9) 0 < \frac{1}{\widehat{C}_0} \leq\rho_0(x) \leq\widehat{C}_0 < \infty, \tag*{(9)} 0 < C 0 1 ≤ ρ 0 ( x ) ≤ C 0 < ∞ , (9)
and
sup 0 ≤ ε ≤ 1 ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X ε m ≤ C ~ 0 , (10) \sup_{0\leq\varepsilon\leq1}\left\|(p_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0)\right\|_{X_\varepsilon^m}\leq\widetilde{C}_0, \tag*{(10)} 0 ≤ ε ≤ 1 sup ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X ε m ≤ C 0 , (10)
where
p 0 = ( ρ 0 ) γ . p_0=(\rho_0)^\gamma. p 0 = ( ρ 0 ) γ .
Theorem 1.1 (Uniform regularity). Let m ≥ 6 m\geq6 m ≥ 6 , let Ω \Omega Ω be a C m + 2 C^{m+2} C m + 2 -domain, and assume that the matrix A A A in the Navier–slip boundary condition satisfies
A ∈ C m + 1 ( ∂ Ω ) . A\in C^{m+1}(\partial\Omega). A ∈ C m + 1 ( ∂ Ω ) . Let
( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) (p_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0) ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) be initial data satisfying (1.9)–(1.10) and the compatibility conditions. Then there exist a time T 0 > 0 T_0>0 T 0 > 0 and a constant C ~ 1 > 0 \widetilde{C}_1>0 C 1 > 0 , both independent of ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] \varepsilon\in(0,1] ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] , such that the Navier–Stokes–Poisson problem admits a unique solution
( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) (\rho^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon) ( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) on [ 0 , T 0 ] [0,T_0] [ 0 , T 0 ] . Moreover, the solution satisfies
1 2 C ^ 0 ≤ ρ ε ( t , x ) ≤ 2 C ^ 0 , ( t , x ) ∈ [ 0 , T 0 ] × Ω , (11) \frac{1}{2\widehat{C}_0}\leq\rho^\varepsilon(t,x)\leq2\widehat{C}_0,\qquad(t,x)\in[0,T_0]\times\Omega, \tag*{(11)} 2 C 0 1 ≤ ρ ε ( t , x ) ≤ 2 C 0 , ( t , x ) ∈ [ 0 , T 0 ] × Ω , (11) and the following uniform estimate:
sup 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 { ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ u ε ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k ∇ p ε ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 − k 2 + ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ε ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + ε ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 } + ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ε ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 d t + ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 d t + ε ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ ∇ u ε ( t ) ∥ H m 2 d t + ε ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ε ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 − k 2 d t + ε 2 ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t m − 1 u ε ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 d t ≤ C ~ 1 . (12) \begin{aligned}
\sup_{0\leq t\leq T_0}\Big\{&
\left\|(p^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon)(t)\right\|_{H^m}^2
+\left\|\nabla u^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^{m-1}}^2
+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\left\|\partial_t^k\nabla p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^{m-1-k}}^2\\
&+\left\|\Delta p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^1}^2
+\left\|(\nabla u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon)(t)\right\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^2
+\varepsilon\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{L^2}^2\\
&+\varepsilon\left\|\Delta p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^2}^2\Big\}
+\int_0^{T_0}\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,dt\\
&+\int_0^{T_0}\left\|\Delta p^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^2}^2\,dt
+\varepsilon\int_0^{T_0}\left\|\nabla u^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^m}^2\,dt\\
&+\varepsilon\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\int_0^{T_0}\left\|\nabla^2\partial_t^k u^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{H^{m-1-k}}^2\,dt
+\varepsilon^2\int_0^{T_0}\left\|\nabla^2\partial_t^{m-1}u^\varepsilon(t)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,dt
\leq\widetilde{C}_1. \tag*{(12)}
\end{aligned} 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 sup { ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ u ε ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∂ t k ∇ p ε ( t ) H m − 1 − k 2 + ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 + ∥ ( ∇ u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ε ( t ) L 2 2 + ε ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 } + ∫ 0 T 0 ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ε ( t ) L 2 2 d t + ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ Δ p ε ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 d t + ε ∫ 0 T 0 ∥ ∇ u ε ( t ) ∥ H m 2 d t + ε k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∫ 0 T 0 ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ε ( t ) H m − 1 − k 2 d t + ε 2 ∫ 0 T 0 ∇ 2 ∂ t m − 1 u ε ( t ) L 2 2 d t ≤ C 1 . (12) Here C ~ 1 \widetilde{C}_1 C 1 depends only on C ^ 0 \widehat{C}_0 C 0 , C ~ 0 \widetilde{C}_0 C 0 , m m m , Ω \Omega Ω , and the boundary matrix A A A .
For 0 < ε ≤ 1 0<\varepsilon\leq1 0 < ε ≤ 1 , denote by
( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) (\rho^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon) ( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε )
the solution on [ 0 , T 0 ] [0,T_0] [ 0 , T 0 ] obtained in Theorem 1.1. With the uniform estimate (1.12) in hand, one may pass to the limit as ε → 0 \varepsilon\to0 ε → 0 and obtain the following inviscid convergence result.
Theorem 1.2. Let m ≥ 6 m\geq6 m ≥ 6 , let Ω \Omega Ω be a C m + 2 C^{m+2} C m + 2 -domain, and assume that A ∈ C m + 1 ( ∂ Ω ) A\in C^{m+1}(\partial\Omega) A ∈ C m + 1 ( ∂ Ω ) . Suppose that the initial data ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) (p_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0) ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) satisfy the assumptions of Theorem 1.1. For 0 < ε ≤ 1 0<\varepsilon\leq1 0 < ε ≤ 1 , let ( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) (\rho^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon) ( ρ ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) be the solution to the initial-boundary value problem (1.1)–(1.3) on [ 0 , T 0 ] [0,T_0] [ 0 , T 0 ]
with initial data ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) (p_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0) ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) , satisfying the uniform estimate in Theorem 1.1 . Then the Euler–Poisson system (1.4) with the boundary conditions
u ⋅ n = 0 , ∂ n ϕ = 0 on ∂ Ω u\cdot n=0,\qquad\partial_n\phi=0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega u ⋅ n = 0 , ∂ n ϕ = 0 on ∂ Ω
and the initial condition
( ρ , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( x , 0 ) = ( ρ 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ( x ) , x ∈ Ω , (\rho,u,\nabla\phi)(x,0)=(\rho_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0)(x),\qquad x\in\Omega, ( ρ , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( x , 0 ) = ( ρ 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ( x ) , x ∈ Ω ,
admits a unique solution ( ρ , u , ∇ ϕ ) (\rho,u,\nabla\phi) ( ρ , u , ∇ ϕ ) on [ 0 , T 0 ] [0,T_0] [ 0 , T 0 ] satisfying
sup 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m m < ∞ , \sup_{0\leq t\leq T_0}\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(t)\|_{X_m^m}<\infty, 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 sup ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( t ) ∥ X m m < ∞ ,
where p = ρ γ p=\rho^\gamma p = ρ γ . Moreover, it holds that
lim ε → 0 sup 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 ( ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) − ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∥ L 2 ( Ω ) + ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) − ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∥ L ∞ ( Ω ) ) = 0. \lim_{\varepsilon\to0}\sup_{0\leq t\leq T_0}\left(\|(p^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon)-(p,u,\nabla\phi)\|_{L^2(\Omega)}
+\|(p^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon)-(p,u,\nabla\phi)\|_{L^\infty(\Omega)}\right)=0. ε → 0 lim 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0 sup ( ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) − ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∥ L 2 ( Ω ) + ∥ ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) − ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ∥ L ∞ ( Ω ) ) = 0.
Remark 1.3. The term
∥ ∇ ϕ ε ( t ) ∥ H m 2 \|\nabla\phi^\varepsilon(t)\|_{H_m^2} ∥∇ ϕ ε ( t ) ∥ H m 2
is the new component in the conormal energy space compared with the compressible Navier–Stokes case. It is generated by the electric force ρ ε ∇ ϕ ε \rho^\varepsilon\nabla\phi^\varepsilon ρ ε ∇ ϕ ε . The Poisson equation and the Neumann boundary condition allow this term to be included in the energy functional without introducing additional dissipation.
Remark 1.4. While this paper employs the homogeneous Neumann condition (1.3), the conormal framework can also be adapted to the insulated boundary setting through the Dirichlet condition
ϕ ∣ ∂ Ω = 0. \phi|_{\partial\Omega}=0. ϕ ∣ ∂ Ω = 0.
Under this alternative boundary condition, the normal derivative ∂ n ϕ \partial_n\phi ∂ n ϕ is generally nonzero on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . Consequently, in the basic L 2 L^2 L 2 -estimate for div u \operatorname{div}u div u , namely Lemma 3.2, integration by parts produces the non-vanishing boundary term
∫ ∂ Ω ρ ∂ n ϕ div u d S , \int_{\partial\Omega}\rho\,\partial_n\phi\,\operatorname{div}u\,dS, ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ∂ n ϕ div u d S ,
which cannot be controlled directly by the low-order energy.
To overcome this difficulty, one may temporarily postpone Lemma 3.2 and first proceed with the high-order conormal estimates, Lemma 3.3, together with the normal derivative estimates. These estimates do not introduce additional uncontrolled boundary terms, since the conormal derivatives Z α Z^\alpha Z α are tangent to the boundary. Once the ε \varepsilon ε -independent estimates for the pure time derivatives are obtained from the pressure equation, Lemma 3.6, sufficient regularity is available to control the trace of div u \operatorname{div}u div u on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . With this high-order information, the above boundary integral can then be estimated retroactively, and Lemma 3.2 can be closed.
We now outline the proof of Theorem 1.1 . The proof is based on a sequence of uniform a priori estimates in conormal Sobolev spaces. The basic and high-order conormal energy estimates are first obtained for ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) (p^\varepsilon,u^\varepsilon,\nabla\phi^\varepsilon) ( p ε , u ε , ∇ ϕ ε ) . Compared with the compressible Navier–Stokes system, the main additional difficulty is the electric force, which is coupled with the density through the Poisson equation. This term is incorporated into the electrostatic part of the energy by using the continuity equation and the Poisson equation, while the corresponding commutator terms are controlled by conormal product estimates and elliptic estimates for the Neumann problem. Since div u ε \operatorname{div}u^\varepsilon div u ε is not zero, estimates for div u ε \operatorname{div}u^\varepsilon div u ε and ∇ p ε \nabla p^\varepsilon ∇ p ε , including the pure time derivative estimates, are needed to close the high-order energy. The normal derivative of the velocity is treated through the vorticity form of the Navier–slip boundary condition: one introduces a boundary vorticity quantity satisfying a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, and the electric source terms in its equation are estimated by the previously obtained conormal bounds and the Poisson elliptic estimates. The L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -estimates are then derived from the anisotropic Sobolev embedding, the boundary vorticity estimate, and the elliptic estimates for the electric potential. Finally, the uniform estimate for Δ p ε \Delta p^\varepsilon Δ p ε provides the required control of the Lipschitz norm of the pressure. Combining these estimates yields the uniform bound in Theorem 1.1 by a standard approximation and continuity argument.
The paper is organized as follows. In § 2 , we introduce the conormal Sobolev spaces, the local coordinate system near the boundary, and several basic inequalities which will be used throughout the paper. § 3 is devoted to the uniform a priori estimates. We first derive the basic energy estimates and the high-order conormal estimates, then establish the normal derivative estimates, the L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -estimates, and the uniform estimate for Δ p ε \Delta p^\varepsilon Δ p ε . Finally, in § 4 , we complete the proofs of Theorem 1.1 and Theorem 1.2 by a standard approximation, compactness and continuity argument.
Preliminaries
In this section, we collect some notation and inequalities which will be used throughout the paper. Since boundary layers may appear in the presence of physical boundaries, it is in general impossible to obtain uniform estimates in standard Sobolev spaces. Following the conormal framework developed by Wang, Xin and Yong [34 ] for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with general Navier–slip boundary conditions, we derive uniform estimates for the Navier–Stokes–Poisson system. Compared with [34 ] , the main new difficulty comes from the Poisson coupling and the electric force ρ ∇ ϕ \rho\nabla\phi ρ ∇ ϕ , which require uniform elliptic estimates for the electric field and careful treatment of the interaction between the fluid variables and the potential.
Let Ω ⊂ R 3 \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{3} Ω ⊂ R 3 be a bounded smooth domain. We assume that Ω \Omega Ω has a finite covering such that
Ω ⊂ Ω 0 ∪ ⋃ k = 1 n Ω k , (13) \Omega\subset\Omega_{0} \cup\bigcup_{k=1}^{n}\Omega_{k}, \tag*{(13)} Ω ⊂ Ω 0 ∪ k = 1 ⋃ n Ω k , (13)
where Ω ‾ 0 ⊂ Ω \overline{\Omega}_{0} \subset\Omega Ω 0 ⊂ Ω , and in each Ω k \Omega_{k} Ω k , there exists a smooth function ψ k \psi_{k} ψ k such that
Ω ∩ Ω k = { x = ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ∣ x 3 > ψ k ( x 1 , x 2 ) } ∩ Ω k , \Omega\cap\Omega_{k}=\{x=(x_{1},x_{2},x_{3})\mid x_{3}>\psi_{k}(x_{1},x_{2})\}\cap\Omega_{k}, Ω ∩ Ω k = { x = ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ∣ x 3 > ψ k ( x 1 , x 2 )} ∩ Ω k ,
and
∂ Ω ∩ Ω k = { x = ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ∣ x 3 = ψ k ( x 1 , x 2 ) } ∩ Ω k . \partial\Omega\cap\Omega_{k}=\{x=(x_{1},x_{2},x_{3})\mid x_{3}=\psi_{k}(x_{1},x_{2})\}\cap\Omega_{k}. ∂ Ω ∩ Ω k = { x = ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ∣ x 3 = ψ k ( x 1 , x 2 )} ∩ Ω k .
We say that Ω \Omega Ω is of class C m C^{m} C m if the functions ψ k \psi_{k} ψ k are of class C m C^{m} C m .
To define the Sobolev conormal spaces, we consider ( Z k ) 1 ≤ k ≤ N (Z_{k})_{1\leq k\leq N} ( Z k ) 1 ≤ k ≤ N , a finite set of generators of vector fields which are tangent to ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , and set
H c o m = { f ∈ L 2 ( Ω ) ∣ Z I f ∈ L 2 ( Ω ) , ∣ I ∣ ≤ m } , H^{m}_{co}=\{f\in L^{2}(\Omega)\mid Z^{I}f\in L^{2}(\Omega),\ |I|\leq m\}, H co m = { f ∈ L 2 ( Ω ) ∣ Z I f ∈ L 2 ( Ω ) , ∣ I ∣ ≤ m } ,
where I = ( k 1 , … , k l ) I=(k_{1},\ldots,k_{l}) I = ( k 1 , … , k l ) is a spatial multi-index. The following notation will be used:
∥ u ∥ m 2 = ∥ u ∥ H c o m 2 = ∑ j = 1 3 ∑ ∣ I ∣ ≤ m ∥ Z I u j ∥ L 2 2 , ∥ u ∥ m , ∞ = ∑ j = 1 3 ∑ ∣ I ∣ ≤ m ∥ Z I u j ∥ L ∞ 2 . \|u\|_{m}^{2}=\|u\|_{H^{m}_{co}}^{2}=\sum_{j=1}^{3}\sum_{|I|\leq m}\|Z^{I}u_{j}\|_{L^{2}}^{2},\qquad\|u\|_{m,\infty}=\sum_{j=1}^{3}\sum_{|I|\leq m}\|Z^{I}u_{j}\|_{L^{\infty}}^{2}. ∥ u ∥ m 2 = ∥ u ∥ H co m 2 = j = 1 ∑ 3 ∣ I ∣ ≤ m ∑ ∥ Z I u j ∥ L 2 2 , ∥ u ∥ m , ∞ = j = 1 ∑ 3 ∣ I ∣ ≤ m ∑ ∥ Z I u j ∥ L ∞ 2 .
and
∥ ∇ Z m u ∥ 2 = ∑ ∣ I ∣ = m ∥ ∇ Z I u ∥ L 2 2 . \lVert\nabla Z^m u \rVert^2 = \sum_{|I|=m} \lVert\nabla Z^I u \rVert_{L^2}^2. ∥ ∇ Z m u ∥ 2 = ∣ I ∣ = m ∑ ∥ ∇ Z I u ∥ L 2 2 .
For scalar functions, the same notation is used without the summation over the components.
Noting that by using the covering of Ω \Omega Ω , one can always assume that each vector field is supported in one of the Ω i \Omega_i Ω i . Moreover, in Ω 0 \Omega_0 Ω 0 , the norm ∥ ⋅ ∥ m \lVert\cdot\rVert_m ∥ ⋅ ∥ m yields a control of the standard H m H^m H m -norm, whereas if Ω i ∩ ∂ Ω ≠ ∅ \Omega_i \cap\partial\Omega\ne\emptyset Ω i ∩ ∂ Ω = ∅ , there is no control of the normal derivatives.
Denote by C k C_k C k a positive constant independent of ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] \varepsilon\in(0,1] ε ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] which depends only on the C k C^k C k -norm of the functions ψ j \psi_j ψ j , j = 1 , … , n j=1,\ldots,n j = 1 , … , n . Since ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω is given locally by x 3 = ψ ( x 1 , x 2 ) x_3=\psi(x_1,x_2) x 3 = ψ ( x 1 , x 2 ) , we use the coordinates
Ψ : ( y , z ) ↦ ( y , ψ ( y ) + z ) = x , y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) . \Psi:(y,z)\mapsto(y,\psi(y)+z)=x,\qquad y=(y_1,y_2). Ψ : ( y , z ) ↦ ( y , ψ ( y ) + z ) = x , y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) .
A local basis is given by
e y 1 = ( 1 , 0 , ∂ 1 ψ ) t , e y 2 = ( 0 , 1 , ∂ 2 ψ ) t , e z = ( 0 , 0 , − 1 ) t . e_{y_1}=(1,0,\partial_1\psi)^t,\qquad e_{y_2}=(0,1,\partial_2\psi)^t,\qquad e_z=(0,0,-1)^t. e y 1 = ( 1 , 0 , ∂ 1 ψ ) t , e y 2 = ( 0 , 1 , ∂ 2 ψ ) t , e z = ( 0 , 0 , − 1 ) t .
On the boundary, e y 1 e_{y_1} e y 1 and e y 2 e_{y_2} e y 2 are tangent to ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . We take the conormal vector fields
Z i = ∂ y i = ∂ i + ∂ i ψ ∂ z , i = 1 , 2 , Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z , (14) Z_i=\partial_{y_i}=\partial_i+\partial_i\psi\,\partial_z,\quad i=1,2,\qquad Z_3=\varphi(z)\partial_z, \tag*{(14)} Z i = ∂ y i = ∂ i + ∂ i ψ ∂ z , i = 1 , 2 , Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z , (14)
where
φ ( z ) = z 1 + z \varphi(z)=\frac{z}{1+z} φ ( z ) = 1 + z z
is smooth on R + \mathbb{R}_+ R + , satisfies φ ( 0 ) = 0 \varphi(0)=0 φ ( 0 ) = 0 , φ ′ ( 0 ) > 0 \varphi'(0)>0 φ ′ ( 0 ) > 0 , and φ ( z ) > 0 \varphi(z)>0 φ ( z ) > 0 for z > 0 z>0 z > 0 . We also set
Z 0 = ∂ t . Z_0=\partial_t. Z 0 = ∂ t .
It is easy to check that
Z k Z j = Z j Z k , j , k = 1 , 2 , 3 , Z_kZ_j=Z_jZ_k,\qquad j,k=1,2,3, Z k Z j = Z j Z k , j , k = 1 , 2 , 3 ,
and
∂ z Z i = Z i ∂ z , i = 1 , 2 , ∂ z Z 3 ≠ Z 3 ∂ z . \partial_zZ_i=Z_i\partial_z,\qquad i=1,2,\qquad\partial_zZ_3\ne Z_3\partial_z. ∂ z Z i = Z i ∂ z , i = 1 , 2 , ∂ z Z 3 = Z 3 ∂ z .
For a vector field u u u , its coordinates in the local basis ( e y 1 , e y 2 , e z ) (e_{y_1},e_{y_2},e_z) ( e y 1 , e y 2 , e z ) are denoted by u i u^i u i , namely
u = u 1 e y 1 + u 2 e y 2 + u 3 e z . u=u^1e_{y_1}+u^2e_{y_2}+u^3e_z. u = u 1 e y 1 + u 2 e y 2 + u 3 e z .
We use u i u_i u i to denote the coordinates of u u u in the standard basis of R 3 \mathbb{R}^3 R 3 . The unit outward normal vector is given locally by
n ( x ) = n ( Ψ ( y , z ) ) = 1 1 + ∣ ∇ ψ ( y ) ∣ 2 ( ∂ 1 ψ ( y ) ∂ 2 ψ ( y ) − 1 ) . n(x)=n(\Psi(y,z))=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+\lvert\nabla\psi(y)\rvert^2}}
\begin{pmatrix}
\partial_1\psi(y)\\
\partial_2\psi(y)\\
-1
\end{pmatrix}. n ( x ) = n ( Ψ ( y , z )) = 1 + ∣ ∇ ψ ( y ) ∣ 2 1 ∂ 1 ψ ( y ) ∂ 2 ψ ( y ) − 1 .
We also define the orthogonal projection onto the tangent plane by
Π u = u − ( u ⋅ n ) n . \Pi u=u-(u\cdot n)n. Π u = u − ( u ⋅ n ) n .
In the local coordinate patch, both n n n and Π \Pi Π are extended smoothly inside the domain and are independent of z z z .
For a space-time multi-index
α = ( α 0 , α 1 ) , α 1 = ( α 11 , α 12 , α 13 ) , \alpha=(\alpha_0,\alpha_1),\qquad\alpha_1=(\alpha_{11},\alpha_{12},\alpha_{13}), α = ( α 0 , α 1 ) , α 1 = ( α 11 , α 12 , α 13 ) ,
we write
Z α = ∂ t α 0 Z 1 α 11 Z 2 α 12 Z 3 α 13 , ∣ α ∣ = α 0 + α 11 + α 12 + α 13 . Z^\alpha=\partial_t^{\alpha_0}Z_1^{\alpha_{11}}Z_2^{\alpha_{12}}Z_3^{\alpha_{13}},\qquad\lvert\alpha\rvert=\alpha_0+\alpha_{11}+\alpha_{12}+\alpha_{13}. Z α = ∂ t α 0 Z 1 α 11 Z 2 α 12 Z 3 α 13 , ∣ α ∣ = α 0 + α 11 + α 12 + α 13 .
After introducing Z 0 = ∂ t Z_0=\partial_t Z 0 = ∂ t , expressions such as ∥ Z k f ∥ L 2 2 \|Z^k f\|_{L^2}^2 ∥ Z k f ∥ L 2 2 and ∥ ∇ Z k f ∥ L 2 2 \|\nabla Z^k f\|_{L^2}^2 ∥∇ Z k f ∥ L 2 2 denote the sums ∑ ∣ α ∣ = k ∥ Z α f ∥ L 2 2 \sum_{|\alpha|=k}\|Z^\alpha f\|_{L^2}^2 ∑ ∣ α ∣ = k ∥ Z α f ∥ L 2 2 and ∑ ∣ α ∣ = k ∥ ∇ Z α f ∥ L 2 2 \sum_{|\alpha|=k}\|\nabla Z^\alpha f\|_{L^2}^2 ∑ ∣ α ∣ = k ∥∇ Z α f ∥ L 2 2 , respectively, over space–time multi-indices. Purely spatial conormal norms retain the notation ∥ ⋅ ∥ k \|\cdot\|_k ∥ ⋅ ∥ k . Expressions such as ∂ t k p 0 \partial_t^k p_0 ∂ t k p 0 mean ( ∂ t k p ) ∣ t = 0 (\partial_t^k p)|_{t=0} ( ∂ t k p ) ∣ t = 0 , with time derivatives evaluated recursively from the equations; the same convention applies to u 0 u_0 u 0 and ϕ 0 \phi_0 ϕ 0 .
For a smooth function f = f ( t , x ) f=f(t,x) f = f ( t , x ) , define
∥ f ( t ) ∥ H m 2 : = ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ m ∥ Z α f ( t ) ∥ L 2 ( Ω ) 2 . (15) \|f(t)\|_{H^m}^2 := \sum_{|\alpha|\le m}\|Z^\alpha f(t)\|_{L^2(\Omega)}^2. \tag*{(15)} ∥ f ( t ) ∥ H m 2 := ∣ α ∣ ≤ m ∑ ∥ Z α f ( t ) ∥ L 2 ( Ω ) 2 . (15)
and
∥ f ( t ) ∥ H k , ∞ 2 : = ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ k ∥ Z α f ( t ) ∥ L ∞ ( Ω ) 2 . (16) \|f(t)\|_{H^{k,\infty}}^2 := \sum_{|\alpha|\le k}\|Z^\alpha f(t)\|_{L^\infty(\Omega)}^2. \tag*{(16)} ∥ f ( t ) ∥ H k , ∞ 2 := ∣ α ∣ ≤ k ∑ ∥ Z α f ( t ) ∥ L ∞ ( Ω ) 2 . (16)
Thus, ∥ ⋅ ∥ m \|\cdot\|_m ∥ ⋅ ∥ m only involves the spatial conormal vector fields Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 Z_1,Z_2,Z_3 Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , while ∥ ⋅ ∥ H m \|\cdot\|_{H^m} ∥ ⋅ ∥ H m also contains the time derivative Z 0 = ∂ t Z_0=\partial_t Z 0 = ∂ t . Throughout this paper, ∥ ⋅ ∥ \|\cdot\| ∥ ⋅ ∥ denotes norms over Ω \Omega Ω , while ∣ ⋅ ∣ H s ( ∂ Ω ) |\cdot|_{H^s(\partial\Omega)} ∣ ⋅ ∣ H s ( ∂ Ω ) denotes the standard Sobolev norm of the trace on the boundary ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω .
Proposition 2.1. Let m ∈ N + m\in\mathbb{N}_+ m ∈ N + . Let u ∈ H m ( Ω ) u\in H^m(\Omega) u ∈ H m ( Ω ) be a vector-valued function. Then there exists a constant C > 0 C>0 C > 0 , independent of u u u , such that
∥ u ∥ H m ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ × u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∣ u ⋅ n ∣ H m − 1 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ) , (17) \|u\|_{H^m} \le C\left(\|\nabla\times u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|\operatorname{div}u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^{m-1}}+|u\cdot n|_{H^{m-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega)}\right), \tag*{(17)} ∥ u ∥ H m ≤ C ( ∥∇ × u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∣ u ⋅ n ∣ H m − 2 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ) , (17) and
∥ u ∥ H m ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ × u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∣ n × u ∣ H m − 1 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ) . (18) \|u\|_{H^m} \le C\left(\|\nabla\times u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|\operatorname{div}u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^{m-1}}+|n\times u|_{H^{m-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega)}\right). \tag*{(18)} ∥ u ∥ H m ≤ C ( ∥∇ × u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∣ n × u ∣ H m − 2 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ) . (18)
We shall also use the following conormal product estimate.
Proposition 2.2. For u , v ∈ L ∞ ( Ω ) ∩ H c o k ( Ω ) u,v\in L^\infty(\Omega)\cap H^k_{\mathrm{co}}(\Omega) u , v ∈ L ∞ ( Ω ) ∩ H co k ( Ω ) and spatial multi-indices α 1 , α 2 \alpha_1,\alpha_2 α 1 , α 2 , it holds that
∥ Z α 1 u Z α 2 v ∥ L 2 ≤ C ( ∥ u ∥ L ∞ ∥ v ∥ H c o k + ∥ v ∥ L ∞ ∥ u ∥ H c o k ) , ∣ α 1 ∣ + ∣ α 2 ∣ = k . (19) \|Z^{\alpha_1}u\,Z^{\alpha_2}v\|_{L^2}\le C\left(\|u\|_{L^\infty}\|v\|_{H^k_{\mathrm{co}}}+\|v\|_{L^\infty}\|u\|_{H^k_{\mathrm{co}}}\right),\qquad|\alpha_1|+|\alpha_2|=k. \tag*{(19)} ∥ Z α 1 u Z α 2 v ∥ L 2 ≤ C ( ∥ u ∥ L ∞ ∥ v ∥ H co k + ∥ v ∥ L ∞ ∥ u ∥ H co k ) , ∣ α 1 ∣ + ∣ α 2 ∣ = k . (19)
For space–time conormal derivatives, we use the time-integrated version of this estimate; see [34 Proposition 2.2] . For smooth f , g f,g f , g , ∣ β ∣ + ∣ ν ∣ ≤ k |\beta|+|\nu|\le k ∣ β ∣ + ∣ ν ∣ ≤ k , and 0 < t ≤ T 0<t\le T 0 < t ≤ T ,
∫ 0 t ∥ Z β f Z ν g ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∥ f ∥ L ∞ ( [ 0 , t ] × Ω ) 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ g ∥ H k 2 d τ + ∥ g ∥ L ∞ ( [ 0 , t ] × Ω ) 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ f ∥ H k 2 d τ ) . \int_0^t\|Z^\beta f\,Z^\nu g\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau
\le C\left(\|f\|_{L^\infty([0,t]\times\Omega)}^2\int_0^t\|g\|_{H^k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau
+\|g\|_{L^\infty([0,t]\times\Omega)}^2\int_0^t\|f\|_{H^k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\right). ∫ 0 t ∥ Z β f Z ν g ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∥ f ∥ L ∞ ([ 0 , t ] × Ω ) 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ g ∥ H k 2 d τ + ∥ g ∥ L ∞ ([ 0 , t ] × Ω ) 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ f ∥ H k 2 d τ ) .
The following anisotropic Sobolev embedding and trace estimates will be used frequently.
Proposition 2.3. Let m 1 ≥ 0 m_1\ge0 m 1 ≥ 0 , m 2 ≥ 0 m_2\ge0 m 2 ≥ 0 be integers and f ∈ H c o m 1 ( Ω ) ∩ H c o m 2 ( Ω ) f\in H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_1}(\Omega)\cap H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}(\Omega) f ∈ H co m 1 ( Ω ) ∩ H co m 2 ( Ω ) with ∇ f ∈ H c o m 2 ( Ω ) \nabla f\in H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}(\Omega) ∇ f ∈ H co m 2 ( Ω ) .
The following anisotropic Sobolev embedding holds:
∥ f ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ f ∥ H c o m 2 + ∥ f ∥ H c o m 2 ) ∥ f ∥ H c o m 1 , (20) \|f\|_{L^\infty}^2\le C\left(\|\nabla f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}}+\|f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}}\right)\|f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_1}}, \tag*{(20)} ∥ f ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥∇ f ∥ H co m 2 + ∥ f ∥ H co m 2 ) ∥ f ∥ H co m 1 , (20) provided that m 1 + m 2 ≥ 3 m_1+m_2\ge3 m 1 + m 2 ≥ 3 .
The following trace estimate holds:
∣ f ∣ H s ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ f ∥ H c o m 2 + ∥ f ∥ H c o m 2 ) ∥ f ∥ H c o m 1 , (21) |f|_{H^s(\partial\Omega)}^2\le C\left(\|\nabla f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}}+\|f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_2}}\right)\|f\|_{H_{\mathrm{co}}^{m_1}}, \tag*{(21)} ∣ f ∣ H s ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ( ∥∇ f ∥ H co m 2 + ∥ f ∥ H co m 2 ) ∥ f ∥ H co m 1 , (21) provided that m 1 + m 2 ≥ 2 s ≥ 0 m_1+m_2\ge2s\ge0 m 1 + m 2 ≥ 2 s ≥ 0 .
Proposition 2.4. Assume that Ω ⊂ R 3 \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{3} Ω ⊂ R 3 is a bounded smooth domain and that ϕ \phi ϕ satisfies
Δ ϕ = q in Ω , ∇ ϕ ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω . \Delta\phi=q \quad\text{in }\Omega,\qquad\nabla\phi\cdot n=0 \quad\text{on }\partial\Omega. Δ ϕ = q in Ω , ∇ ϕ ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω. Then there exists a positive constant C C C , depending only on Ω \Omega Ω , such that
∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ L 2 ≤ C ( ∥ q ∥ L 2 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) . (22) \lVert\nabla^{2}\phi\rVert_{L^{2}}\leq C\left(\lVert q\rVert_{L^{2}}+\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{L^{2}}\right). \tag*{(22)} ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ L 2 ≤ C ( ∥ q ∥ L 2 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) . (22) Moreover, for the conormal Sobolev space, one has
∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H s ≤ C s + 1 ( ∥ q ∥ H s + ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H s − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) ≤ C s + 1 ( ∥ q ∥ H s + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) , (23) \lVert\nabla^{2}\phi\rVert_{H^{s}}\leq C_{s+1}\left(\lVert q\rVert_{H^{s}}+\lVert\nabla^{2}\phi\rVert_{H^{s-1}}+\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{L^{2}}\right)\leq C_{s+1}\left(\lVert q\rVert_{H^{s}}+\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{L^{2}}\right), \tag*{(23)} ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H s ≤ C s + 1 ( ∥ q ∥ H s + ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H s − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) ≤ C s + 1 ( ∥ q ∥ H s + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) , (23) for s = 1 , … , m s=1,\ldots,m s = 1 , … , m .
A Priori Estimates
In this section, we derive a priori estimates for smooth solutions to (1.1) together with the boundary conditions (1.2) and (1.3). For notational convenience, we drop the superscript ε \varepsilon ε throughout this section and only keep the viscosity parameter ε \varepsilon ε .
By the continuity equation, for any 0 ≤ t ≤ T 0\leq t\leq T 0 ≤ t ≤ T , one has
∣ ρ 0 ( x ) ∣ exp ( − ∫ 0 t ∥ div u ∥ L ∞ d τ ) ≤ ρ ( x , t ) ≤ ∣ ρ 0 ( x ) ∣ exp ( ∫ 0 t ∥ div u ∥ L ∞ d τ ) . \lvert\rho_{0}(x)\rvert\exp\left(-\int_{0}^{t}\lVert\operatorname{div}u\rVert_{L^{\infty}}\,\mathrm{d}\tau\right)\leq\rho(x,t)\leq\lvert\rho_{0}(x)\rvert\exp\left(\int_{0}^{t}\lVert\operatorname{div}u\rVert_{L^{\infty}}\,\mathrm{d}\tau\right). ∣ ρ 0 ( x )∣ exp ( − ∫ 0 t ∥ div u ∥ L ∞ d τ ) ≤ ρ ( x , t ) ≤ ∣ ρ 0 ( x )∣ exp ( ∫ 0 t ∥ div u ∥ L ∞ d τ ) .
Throughout this section, we shall work on the interval of time [ 0 , T ] [0,T] [ 0 , T ] such that
0 < c 0 ≤ ρ ( t , x ) ≤ 1 c 0 < ∞ , ( t , x ) ∈ [ 0 , T ] × Ω . 0<c_{0}\leq\rho(t,x)\leq\frac{1}{c_{0}}<\infty,\qquad(t,x)\in[0,T]\times\Omega. 0 < c 0 ≤ ρ ( t , x ) ≤ c 0 1 < ∞ , ( t , x ) ∈ [ 0 , T ] × Ω.
We point out that the generic constant C C C may depend on 1 / c 0 1/c_{0} 1/ c 0 in this section.
Let
ω = ∇ × u . \omega=\nabla\times u. ω = ∇ × u .
Using
Δ u = ∇ div u − ∇ × ω , \Delta u=\nabla\operatorname{div}u-\nabla\times\omega, Δ u = ∇ div u − ∇ × ω ,
the momentum equation can be rewritten as
ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u + ∇ p = − μ ε ∇ × ω + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∇ div u + ρ ∇ ϕ . (24) \rho u_{t}+\rho u\cdot\nabla u+\nabla p=-\mu\varepsilon\nabla\times\omega+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\nabla\operatorname{div}u+\rho\nabla\phi. \tag*{(24)} ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u + ∇ p = − μ ε ∇ × ω + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∇ div u + ρ ∇ ϕ . (24)
Lemma 3.1 (Basic energy estimate). For a smooth solution of (1.1) subject to (1.2) and (1.3), it holds that, for 0 < ε ≤ 1 0<\varepsilon\leq1 0 < ε ≤ 1 ,
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t { ∫ Ω ( 1 2 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + 1 γ − 1 ρ γ ) ( τ ) d x + 1 2 ∥ ∇ ϕ ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 } + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ ∫ Ω ( 1 2 ρ 0 ∣ u 0 ∣ 2 + 1 γ − 1 ρ 0 γ ) d x + 1 2 ∥ ∇ ϕ 0 ∥ L 2 2 + C ∫ 0 t ∥ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ , (25) \sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\left\{\int_{\Omega}\left(\frac{1}{2}\rho\lvert u\rvert^{2}+\frac{1}{\gamma-1}\rho^{\gamma}\right)(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}x+\frac{1}{2}\lVert\nabla\phi(\tau)\rVert_{L^{2}}^{2}\right\}+c\varepsilon\int_{0}^{t}\lVert\nabla u(\tau)\rVert_{L^{2}}^{2}\,\mathrm{d}\tau
\leq\int_{\Omega}\left(\frac{1}{2}\rho_{0}\lvert u_{0}\rvert^{2}+\frac{1}{\gamma-1}\rho_{0}^{\gamma}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x+\frac{1}{2}\lVert\nabla\phi_{0}\rVert_{L^{2}}^{2}+C\int_{0}^{t}\lVert u(\tau)\rVert_{L^{2}}^{2}\,\mathrm{d}\tau, \tag*{(25)} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup { ∫ Ω ( 2 1 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + γ − 1 1 ρ γ ) ( τ ) d x + 2 1 ∥ ∇ ϕ ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 } + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ ∫ Ω ( 2 1 ρ 0 ∣ u 0 ∣ 2 + γ − 1 1 ρ 0 γ ) d x + 2 1 ∥ ∇ ϕ 0 ∥ L 2 2 + C ∫ 0 t ∥ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ , (25) where c > 0 c>0 c > 0 depends only on μ \mu μ and 2 μ + λ 2\mu+\lambda 2 μ + λ .
Proof. Multiplying (3.1) by u u u and integrating over Ω \Omega Ω , we obtain
∫ Ω ρ u t ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ u d x = − μ ε ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω ∇ div u ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ u d x . (26) \int_{\Omega}\rho u_{t}\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x+\int_{\Omega}\rho(u\cdot\nabla u)\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x+\int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x
=-\mu\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}(\nabla\times\omega)\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}\nabla\operatorname{div}u\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x+\int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla\phi\cdot u\,\mathrm{d}x. \tag*{(26)} ∫ Ω ρ u t ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ u d x = − μ ε ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω ∇ div u ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ u d x . (26)
Using the continuity equation and (2) , we have
∫ Ω ρ u t ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ u d x = 1 2 d d t ∫ Ω ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 d x . (27) \int_{\Omega}\rho u_t\cdot u\,dx+\int_{\Omega}\rho(u\cdot\nabla u)\cdot u\,dx=\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\int_{\Omega}\rho|u|^2\,dx. \tag*{(27)} ∫ Ω ρ u t ⋅ u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ u d x = 2 1 d t d ∫ Ω ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 d x . (27)
and, since p = ρ γ p=\rho^\gamma p = ρ γ ,
∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ u d x = d d t ∫ Ω 1 γ − 1 ρ γ d x . (28) \int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot u\,dx=\frac{d}{dt}\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{\gamma-1}\rho^\gamma\,dx. \tag*{(28)} ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ u d x = d t d ∫ Ω γ − 1 1 ρ γ d x . (28)
By (1) , (2) , and (3) , we get
∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ u d x = − ∫ Ω ϕ div ( ρ u ) d x = ∫ Ω ϕ Δ ϕ t d x = − 1 2 d d t ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 . (29) \int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla\phi\cdot u\,dx=-\int_{\Omega}\phi\operatorname{div}(\rho u)\,dx=\int_{\Omega}\phi\Delta\phi_t\,dx=-\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\|\nabla\phi\|_{L^2}^2. \tag*{(29)} ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ u d x = − ∫ Ω ϕ div ( ρ u ) d x = ∫ Ω ϕ Δ ϕ t d x = − 2 1 d t d ∥∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 . (29)
We next estimate the viscous terms. Integrating by parts with the boundary conditions (2) yields
− ε ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ u d x = − ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 − ε ∫ ∂ Ω ( n × ω ) ⋅ u d S ≤ − ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + C ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 , (30) \begin{aligned}
-\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}(\nabla\times\omega)\cdot u\,dx=-\varepsilon\|\omega\|_{L^2}^2-\varepsilon\int_{\partial\Omega}(n\times\omega)\cdot u\,dS \\
&\leq-\varepsilon\|\omega\|_{L^2}^2+C\varepsilon|u|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2, \tag*{(30)}
\end{aligned} − ε ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ u d x = − ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 − ε ∫ ∂ Ω ( n × ω ) ⋅ u d S ≤ − ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + C ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 , (30)
and
ε ∫ Ω ∇ div u ⋅ u d x = − ε ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 . (31) \varepsilon\int_{\Omega}\nabla\operatorname{div}u\cdot u\,dx=-\varepsilon\|\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2. \tag*{(31)} ε ∫ Ω ∇ div u ⋅ u d x = − ε ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 . (31)
Combining (26) –(31) , we obtain
d d t { ∫ Ω ( 1 2 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + 1 γ − 1 ρ γ ) d x + 1 2 ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 } + μ ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 . (32) \frac{d}{dt}\left\{\int_{\Omega}\left(\frac{1}{2}\rho|u|^2+\frac{1}{\gamma-1}\rho^\gamma\right)\,dx+\frac{1}{2}\|\nabla\phi\|_{L^2}^2\right\}
+\mu\varepsilon\|\omega\|_{L^2}^2+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\|\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\leq C\varepsilon|u|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2. \tag*{(32)} d t d { ∫ Ω ( 2 1 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + γ − 1 1 ρ γ ) d x + 2 1 ∥∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 } + μ ε ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 . (32)
By Proposition 2.1 and (2) , we have
μ ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + ( 2 μ + λ ) ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 ≥ 2 c ∥ ∇ u ∥ L 2 2 − C ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (33) \mu\|\omega\|_{L^2}^2+(2\mu+\lambda)\|\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\geq2c\|\nabla u\|_{L^2}^2-C\|u\|_{L^2}^2. \tag*{(33)} μ ∥ ω ∥ L 2 2 + ( 2 μ + λ ) ∥ div u ∥ L 2 2 ≥ 2 c ∥∇ u ∥ L 2 2 − C ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (33)
Moreover, Proposition 2.3 gives
ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ε ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ L 2 + ∥ u ∥ L 2 ) ∥ u ∥ L 2 ≤ ε 2 ∥ ∇ u ∥ L 2 2 + C ε ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (34) \varepsilon|u|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2\leq C\varepsilon\left(\|\nabla u\|_{L^2}+\|u\|_{L^2}\right)\|u\|_{L^2}\leq\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\|\nabla u\|_{L^2}^2+C\varepsilon\|u\|_{L^2}^2. \tag*{(34)} ε ∣ u ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ε ( ∥∇ u ∥ L 2 + ∥ u ∥ L 2 ) ∥ u ∥ L 2 ≤ 2 ε ∥∇ u ∥ L 2 2 + C ε ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (34)
Since 0 < ε ≤ 1 0<\varepsilon\leq1 0 < ε ≤ 1 , it follows from (32) –(34) that
d d t { ∫ Ω ( 1 2 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + 1 γ − 1 ρ γ ) d x + 1 2 ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 } + c ε ∥ ∇ u ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (35) \frac{d}{dt}\left\{\int_{\Omega}\left(\frac{1}{2}\rho|u|^2+\frac{1}{\gamma-1}\rho^\gamma\right)\,dx+\frac{1}{2}\|\nabla\phi\|_{L^2}^2\right\}+c\varepsilon\|\nabla u\|_{L^2}^2\leq C\|u\|_{L^2}^2. \tag*{(35)} d t d { ∫ Ω ( 2 1 ρ ∣ u ∣ 2 + γ − 1 1 ρ γ ) d x + 2 1 ∥∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 2 } + c ε ∥∇ u ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C ∥ u ∥ L 2 2 . (35)
Integrating (35) over [ 0 , t ] [0,t] [ 0 , t ] gives (25) . This completes the proof.
We shall derive higher-order conormal estimates for ( p , u ) (p,u) ( p , u ) , together with the corresponding control of the electric potential. For later use, set
E m ( t ) : = ∥ ( p , u ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∥ ∇ ∂ t k p ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 − k 2 + ε ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H m 2 , (36) \mathcal{E}_m(t):=\|(p,u)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\nabla u(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\|\nabla\partial_t^k p(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1-k}}^2+\varepsilon\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(t)\|_{L^2}^2+\|\nabla\phi(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2, \tag*{(36)} E m ( t ) := ∥ ( p , u ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥∇ u ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∥∇ ∂ t k p ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 − k 2 + ε ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H m 2 , (36)
and
Q ( t ) : = sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t { ∥ ( ∇ p , ∇ u ) ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ ( p , u , p t , u t ) ( τ ) ∥ L ∞ 2 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 } . (37) Q(t):=\sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\left\{\|(\nabla p,\nabla u)(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^2+\|(p,u,p_t,u_t)(\tau)\|_{L^\infty}^2+\|\nabla\phi(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^2\right\}. \tag*{(37)} Q ( t ) := 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup { ∥ ( ∇ p , ∇ u ) ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ ( p , u , p t , u t ) ( τ ) ∥ L ∞ 2 + ∥∇ ϕ ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 } . (37)
Here the norm ∥ ⋅ ∥ m − 1 − k \|\cdot\|_{m-1-k} ∥ ⋅ ∥ m − 1 − k in E m ( t ) \mathcal{E}_m(t) E m ( t ) denotes the spatial conormal norm. This convention is used to emphasize that the estimates for ∇ ∂ t k p \nabla\partial_t^k p ∇ ∂ t k p require at least one spatial derivative.
Lemma 3.2 (Estimate for div u \operatorname{div}u div u and ∇ p \nabla p ∇ p ). Let m ≥ 0 m \ge0 m ≥ 0 . Then it holds that
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ( ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( τ ) d x + ∫ Ω 1 γ p ∣ ∇ p ∣ 2 ( τ ) d x ) + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + ∫ Ω 1 γ p 0 ∣ ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x ) + C 3 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (38) \sup_{0\le\tau\le t}\left(\int_{\Omega}\rho|\operatorname{div}u|^2(\tau)\,dx+\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{\gamma p}|\nabla p|^2(\tau)\,dx\right)+c\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
\le C\left(\int_{\Omega}\rho_0|\operatorname{div}u_0|^2\,dx+\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{\gamma p_0}|\nabla p_0|^2\,dx\right)+C_3[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(38)} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ( ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( τ ) d x + ∫ Ω γ p 1 ∣∇ p ∣ 2 ( τ ) d x ) + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + ∫ Ω γ p 0 1 ∣∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x ) + C 3 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (38) Here P ( ⋅ ) P(\cdot) P ( ⋅ ) denotes a polynomial function, and C 3 C_3 C 3 is a constant of the type introduced above; the subscript indicates that the constant may depend on the geometric coefficients up to order 3, but is independent of ε \varepsilon ε and t t t .
Proof. Multiplying (24) by ∇ div u \nabla\operatorname{div}u ∇ div u and integrating over Ω × ( 0 , t ) \Omega\times(0,t) Ω × ( 0 , t ) , we obtain
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ . (39) \int_0^t\int_{\Omega}(\rho u_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla u)\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau+\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
=-\mu\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}(\nabla\times\omega)\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla\phi\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau. \tag*{(39)} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ . (39) We first estimate the electric force term. Using ∂ n ϕ = 0 \partial_n\phi=0 ∂ n ϕ = 0 and Δ ϕ = ρ − 1 \Delta\phi=\rho-1 Δ ϕ = ρ − 1 , integration by parts gives
∣ I E ∣ : = ∣ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ ∣ = ∣ − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) div u d x d τ ∣ |I_E|:=\left|\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla\phi\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right|=\left|-\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi)\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right| ∣ I E ∣ := ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) div u d x d τ = ∣ − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ ϕ + ρ 2 − ρ ) div u d x d τ ∣ ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (40) =\left|-\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}(\nabla\rho\cdot\nabla\phi+\rho^2-\rho)\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right|\le C[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(40)} = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ ϕ + ρ 2 − ρ ) div u d x d τ ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (40) Using integration by parts, the identity ( u ⋅ ∇ ) u ⋅ n = − u ⋅ ( ( u ⋅ ∇ ) n ) (u\cdot\nabla)u\cdot n=-u\cdot((u\cdot\nabla)n) ( u ⋅ ∇ ) u ⋅ n = − u ⋅ (( u ⋅ ∇ ) n ) on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , and Proposition 2.3 , we obtain
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ u t + ∇ ( ρ u ) T : ∇ u ) div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ ) u ⋅ n div u d S d τ \int_0^t\int_{\Omega}(\rho u_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla u)\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
=-\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}\rho|\operatorname{div}u|^2(t)\,dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}\rho_0|\operatorname{div}u_0|^2\,dx
-\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}(\nabla\rho\cdot u_t+\nabla(\rho u)^{T}:\nabla u)\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho(u\cdot\nabla)u\cdot n\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ u t + ∇ ( ρ u ) T : ∇ u ) div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ ) u ⋅ n div u d S d τ ≤ − 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (41) \le-\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}\rho|\operatorname{div}u|^2(t)\,dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_{\Omega}\rho_0|\operatorname{div}u_0|^2\,dx+C_2[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(41)} ≤ − 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (41) Since p = ρ γ p=\rho^\gamma p = ρ γ , we have
p t + u ⋅ ∇ p + γ p div u = 0 , div u = − p t + u ⋅ ∇ p γ p . (42) p_t+u\cdot\nabla p+\gamma p\operatorname{div}u=0,\qquad\operatorname{div}u=-\frac{p_t+u\cdot\nabla p}{\gamma p}. \tag*{(42)} p t + u ⋅ ∇ p + γ p div u = 0 , div u = − γ p p t + u ⋅ ∇ p . (42) Using (42) and integrating by parts, we obtain
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ( p t γ p ) d x d τ − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ( u ⋅ ∇ p γ p ) d x d τ \int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
=-\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot\nabla\left(\frac{p_t}{\gamma p}\right)\,dx\,d\tau-\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\nabla p\cdot\nabla\left(\frac{u\cdot\nabla p}{\gamma p}\right)\,dx\,d\tau ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ( γ p p t ) d x d τ − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ( γ p u ⋅ ∇ p ) d x d τ ≤ − ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p ∣ ∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p 0 ∣ ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (43) \le-\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{2\gamma p}|\nabla p|^2(t)\,dx+\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{2\gamma p_0}|\nabla p_0|^2\,dx+C[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(43)} ≤ − ∫ Ω 2 γ p 1 ∣∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ∫ Ω 2 γ p 0 1 ∣∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (43)
For the vorticity term, using ∇ × ∇ div u = 0 \nabla\times\nabla\operatorname{div} u = 0 ∇ × ∇ div u = 0 , (2) , integration by parts along the boundary, Proposition 2.3 , and Young’s inequality, we obtain
ε ∣ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ ∣ = ε ∣ ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ( B u ) ⋅ Π ( ∇ div u ) d S d τ ∣ = ε ∣ ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ( B u ) ⋅ Z y div u d S d τ ∣ ≤ C 2 ε ∫ 0 t ∣ u ∣ H 1 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ div u ∣ H 1 2 ( ∂ Ω ) d τ ≤ 2 μ + λ 4 ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C 3 ε ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 ) d τ . (44) \begin{aligned}
\varepsilon\left|\int_0^t \int_{\Omega}(\nabla\times\omega)\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right|
&=\varepsilon\left|\int_0^t \int_{\partial\Omega}(Bu)\cdot\Pi(\nabla\operatorname{div}u)\,dS\,d\tau\right|\\
&=\varepsilon\left|\int_0^t \int_{\partial\Omega}(Bu)\cdot Z_y\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau\right|\\
&\leq C_2\varepsilon\int_0^t \lvert u\rvert_{H^{\frac12}(\partial\Omega)}\lvert\operatorname{div}u\rvert_{H^{\frac12}(\partial\Omega)}\,d\tau\\
&\leq\frac{2\mu+\lambda}{4}\varepsilon\int_0^t\lVert\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\rVert_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_3\varepsilon\int_0^t\left(\lVert\nabla u(\tau)\rVert_{L^2}^2+\lVert u(\tau)\rVert_{L^2}^2\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(44)}
\end{aligned} ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ × ω ) ⋅ ∇ div u d x d τ = ε ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ( B u ) ⋅ Π ( ∇ div u ) d S d τ = ε ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ( B u ) ⋅ Z y div u d S d τ ≤ C 2 ε ∫ 0 t ∣ u ∣ H 2 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ div u ∣ H 2 1 ( ∂ Ω ) d τ ≤ 4 2 μ + λ ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C 3 ε ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 ) d τ . (44)
Substituting (40) , (41) , (43) , and (44) into (39) , we obtain (38) . This completes the proof.
Lemma 3.3 (Higher-order conormal estimate). Let m ≥ 1 m\geq1 m ≥ 1 . For any sufficiently small δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 , it holds that
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ( ∥ ( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ φ ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 ) + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (45) \sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\left(\lVert(p,u)(\tau)\rVert_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\lVert\nabla\varphi(\tau)\rVert_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2\right)+c\varepsilon\int_0^t\lVert\nabla u(\tau)\rVert_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2\,d\tau
\leq C_{m+2}\left\{\mathcal{E}_m(0)+\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\lVert\nabla^2u(\tau)\rVert_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+\delta\int_0^t\lVert\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(\tau)\rVert_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau\right\}. \tag*{(45)} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ( ∥( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ φ ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 ) + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (45) Here C δ C_\delta C δ denotes a positive constant depending also on the small parameter δ \delta δ , but independent of ε \varepsilon ε and $t.
Proof. The case m = 0 m=0 m = 0 has been proved in Lemma 3.1. Assume that the estimate has been obtained for all orders not larger than m − 1 m-1 m − 1 . We prove it for ∣ α ∣ = m . A p p l y i n g |\alpha|=m. Applying ∣ α ∣ = m . A ppl y in g Z^\alpha$, ∣ α ∣ = m |\alpha|=m ∣ α ∣ = m , to (24) , multiplying the resulting equation by Z α u Z^\alpha u Z α u , and integrating over Ω \Omega Ω , we obtain
1 2 d d t ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α u ∣ 2 d x + ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x = − μ ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ Z α u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ div u ⋅ Z α u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ Z α u d x + ∫ Ω ( C 1 α + C 2 α + C 3 α ) ⋅ Z α u d x . (46) \frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\int_{\Omega}\rho\lvert Z^\alpha u\rvert^2\,dx+\int_{\Omega}Z^\alpha\nabla p\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx
=-\mu\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}Z^\alpha\nabla\times\omega\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_{\Omega}Z^\alpha\nabla\operatorname{div}u\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx+\int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla Z^\alpha\phi\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx+\int_{\Omega}(C_1^\alpha+C_2^\alpha+C_3^\alpha)\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx. \tag*{(46)} 2 1 d t d ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α u ∣ 2 d x + ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x = − μ ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ Z α u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ div u ⋅ Z α u d x + ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ Z α u d x + ∫ Ω ( C 1 α + C 2 α + C 3 α ) ⋅ Z α u d x . (46)
where
C 1 α : = − [ Z α , ρ ] u t = − ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α C α β Z β ρ Z ν u t , C_1^\alpha:=-[Z^\alpha,\rho]u_t=-\sum_{\substack{|\beta|\geq1\\\beta+\nu=\alpha}}C_{\alpha\beta}Z^\beta\rho\,Z^\nu u_t, C 1 α := − [ Z α , ρ ] u t = − ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α ∑ C α β Z β ρ Z ν u t ,
C 2 α : = − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u = − ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α C α β Z β ( ρ u ) Z ν ∇ u − ρ u ⋅ [ Z α , ∇ ] u , C_2^\alpha:=-[Z^\alpha,\rho u\cdot\nabla]u=-\sum_{\substack{|\beta|\geq1\\\beta+\nu=\alpha}}C_{\alpha\beta}Z^\beta(\rho u)Z^\nu\nabla u-\rho u\cdot[Z^\alpha,\nabla]u, C 2 α := − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u = − ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α ∑ C α β Z β ( ρ u ) Z ν ∇ u − ρ u ⋅ [ Z α , ∇ ] u ,
C 3 α : = [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ + ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] ϕ . (47) C_3^\alpha:=[Z^\alpha,\rho]\nabla\phi+\rho[Z^\alpha,\nabla]\phi. \tag*{(47)} C 3 α := [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ + ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] ϕ . (47)
Here C 1 α C_1^\alpha C 1 α , C 2 α C_2^\alpha C 2 α and C 3 α C_3^\alpha C 3 α denote the commutator terms generated by applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α to the momentum equation, and C α β C_{\alpha\beta} C α β denotes the corresponding combinatorial coefficient. We first estimate the electric force term. Set
J α : = ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ Z α u d x . \mathcal{J}^\alpha:=\int_{\Omega}\rho\nabla Z^\alpha\phi\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx. J α := ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ Z α u d x .
By integration by parts, the continuity equation, and the Poisson equation, we obtain
J α = − ∫ Ω Z α ϕ div ( ρ Z α u ) d x + ∫ ∂ Ω ρ Z α ϕ Z α u ⋅ n d S = − 1 2 d d t ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 2 + ∫ ∂ Ω ρ Z α ϕ Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ ∂ n Z α ϕ t d S + ∫ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) d x − ∫ Ω ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t d x ≜ − 1 2 d d t ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 2 + B 1 α + B 2 α + R div α + R ρ α + R Δ α . (48) \begin{aligned}
\mathcal{J}^{\alpha}
&= -\int_{\Omega} Z^{\alpha}\phi\operatorname{div}(\rho Z^{\alpha}u)\,dx+\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho Z^{\alpha}\phi Z^{\alpha}u\cdot n\,dS\\
&= -\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\lVert\nabla Z^{\alpha}\phi\rVert_{L^2}^2+\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho Z^{\alpha}\phi Z^{\alpha}u\cdot n\,dS\\
&\quad+\int_{\partial\Omega}Z^{\alpha}\phi\,\partial_n Z^{\alpha}\phi_t\,dS+\int_{\Omega}Z^{\alpha}\phi[Z^{\alpha},\operatorname{div}](\rho u)\,dx\\
&\quad-\int_{\Omega}\nabla Z^{\alpha}\phi\cdot[Z^{\alpha},\rho]u\,dx+\int_{\partial\Omega}Z^{\alpha}\phi[Z^{\alpha},\rho]u\cdot n\,dS\\
&\quad+\int_{\Omega}Z^{\alpha}\phi[Z^{\alpha},\Delta]\phi_t\,dx\\
&\triangleq-\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\lVert\nabla Z^{\alpha}\phi\rVert_{L^2}^2+B_1^{\alpha}+B_2^{\alpha}+R_{\operatorname{div}}^{\alpha}+R_{\rho}^{\alpha}+R_{\Delta}^{\alpha}. \tag*{(48)}
\end{aligned} J α = − ∫ Ω Z α ϕ div ( ρ Z α u ) d x + ∫ ∂ Ω ρ Z α ϕ Z α u ⋅ n d S = − 2 1 d t d ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 2 + ∫ ∂ Ω ρ Z α ϕ Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ ∂ n Z α ϕ t d S + ∫ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) d x − ∫ Ω ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t d x ≜ − 2 1 d t d ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 2 + B 1 α + B 2 α + R div α + R ρ α + R Δ α . (48)
Here
div ( ρ Z α u ) = Z α div ( ρ u ) − [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) − div ( [ Z α , ρ ] u ) . \operatorname{div}(\rho Z^{\alpha}u)=Z^{\alpha}\operatorname{div}(\rho u)-[Z^{\alpha},\operatorname{div}](\rho u)-\operatorname{div}([Z^{\alpha},\rho]u). div ( ρ Z α u ) = Z α div ( ρ u ) − [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) − div ([ Z α , ρ ] u ) .
We estimate B 1 α B_1^{\alpha} B 1 α . If Z α Z^{\alpha} Z α is purely temporal, then Z α u ⋅ n = 0 Z^{\alpha}u\cdot n=0 Z α u ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . Otherwise, differentiating u ⋅ n = 0 u\cdot n=0 u ⋅ n = 0 tangentially on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω gives
∣ Z α u ⋅ n ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C m + 1 ∣ u ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) . \lvert Z^{\alpha}u\cdot n\rvert_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}\leq C_{m+1}\lvert u\rvert_{H^{m-1}(\partial\Omega)}. ∣ Z α u ⋅ n ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C m + 1 ∣ u ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) .
Moreover,
∣ Z α ϕ ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C ∣ ∇ ϕ ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) . \lvert Z^{\alpha}\phi\rvert_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}\leq C\lvert\nabla\phi\rvert_{H^{m-1}(\partial\Omega)}. ∣ Z α ϕ ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C ∣ ∇ ϕ ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) .
Thus, by Proposition 2.3,
∣ B 1 α ∣ ≤ C m + 1 ∣ ∇ ϕ ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ u ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ H m − 1 ) 1 / 2 ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ H m − 1 1 / 2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . \begin{aligned}
\lvert B_1^{\alpha}\rvert\leq C_{m+1}\lvert\nabla\phi\rvert_{H^{m-1}(\partial\Omega)}\lvert u\rvert_{H^{m-1}(\partial\Omega)} \\
&\leq C_{m+2}\left(\lVert\nabla^2\phi\rVert_{H^{m-1}}+\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{H^{m-1}}\right)^{1/2}\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{H^{m-1}}^{1/2}\left(\lVert\nabla u\rVert_{H^{m-1}}+\lVert u\rVert_{H^m}\right).
\end{aligned} ∣ B 1 α ∣ ≤ C m + 1 ∣ ∇ ϕ ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ u ∣ H m − 1 ( ∂ Ω ) ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ H m − 1 ) 1/2 ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ H m − 1 1/2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) .
By Proposition 2.4,
∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ρ − 1 ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) . (49) \lVert\nabla^2\phi\rVert_{H^{m-1}}\leq C_{m+2}\left(\lVert\rho-1\rVert_{H^{m-1}}+\lVert\nabla\phi\rVert_{L^2}\right). \tag*{(49)} ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ρ − 1 ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) . (49)
Therefore,
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ B 1 α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (50) \sum_{\lvert\alpha\rvert=m}\int_0^t\lvert B_1^{\alpha}(\tau)\rvert\,d\tau\leq C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(50)} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∣ B 1 α ( τ )∣ d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (50)
The term B 2 α B_2^{\alpha} B 2 α is treated similarly. If Z α Z^{\alpha} Z α is purely temporal, then ∂ n Z α ϕ t = 0 \partial_n Z^{\alpha}\phi_t=0 ∂ n Z α ϕ t = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . Otherwise,
∂ n Z α ϕ t = [ ∂ n , Z α ] ϕ t on ∂ Ω . \partial_n Z^{\alpha}\phi_t=[\partial_n,Z^{\alpha}]\phi_t\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega. ∂ n Z α ϕ t = [ ∂ n , Z α ] ϕ t on ∂ Ω.
Applying Proposition 2.3 as above, and using Proposition 2.4 for the time-differentiated Poisson equation, we get
∥ ∇ 2 ϕ t ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ρ t ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ t ∥ L 2 ) . (51) \lVert\nabla^2\phi_t\rVert_{H^{m-1}}\leq C_{m+2}\left(\lVert\rho_t\rVert_{H^{m-1}}+\lVert\nabla\phi_t\rVert_{L^2}\right). \tag*{(51)} ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ t ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ρ t ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ t ∥ L 2 ) . (51)
Consequently, as in (50) ,
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ B 2 α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (52) \sum_{\lvert\alpha\rvert=m}\int_0^t\lvert B_2^{\alpha}(\tau)\rvert\,d\tau\leq C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(52)} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∣ B 2 α ( τ )∣ d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (52)
For R div α R_{\operatorname{div}}^{\alpha} R div α , the commutator [ Z α , div ] [Z^{\alpha},\operatorname{div}] [ Z α , div ] contains only differentiated coefficients of the conormal vector fields and lower-order derivatives of ρ u \rho u ρ u . Moreover, it vanishes when Z α Z^{\alpha} Z α is purely temporal. Hence, by Proposition 2.2 ,
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ R div α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ ∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∥ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) ∥ L 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (53) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t \left|R^\alpha_{\operatorname{div}}(\tau)\right|\,d\tau\le\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t \left\|Z^\alpha\phi\right\|_{L^2}\left\|[Z^\alpha,\operatorname{div}](\rho u)\right\|_{L^2}\,d\tau\\
&\le C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t \mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(53)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∣ R div α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∥ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , div ] ( ρ u ) ∥ L 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (53)
For R ρ α R^\alpha_\rho R ρ α , the integration by parts in (48) gives
R ρ α = − ∫ Ω ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n d S . R^\alpha_\rho=-\int_\Omega\nabla Z^\alpha\phi\cdot[Z^\alpha,\rho]u\,dx+\int_{\partial\Omega}Z^\alpha\phi[Z^\alpha,\rho]u\cdot n\,dS. R ρ α = − ∫ Ω ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α ϕ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n d S .
Proposition 2.2 and Proposition 2.3 imply
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ R ρ α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ ∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , ρ ] u ∥ L 2 d τ + ∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ Z α ϕ ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (54) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left|R^\alpha_\rho(\tau)\right|\,d\tau\le\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left\|\nabla Z^\alpha\phi\right\|_{L^2}\left\|[Z^\alpha,\rho]u\right\|_{L^2}\,d\tau\\
&+\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left|Z^\alpha\phi\right|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}\left|[Z^\alpha,\rho]u\cdot n\right|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}\,d\tau\\
&\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(54)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t R ρ α ( τ ) d τ ≤ ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , ρ ] u ∥ L 2 d τ + ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∣ Z α ϕ ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) ∣ [ Z α , ρ ] u ⋅ n ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (54)
Finally, for R Δ α R^\alpha_\Delta R Δ α , the commutator [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t [Z^\alpha,\Delta]\phi_t [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t satisfies
∥ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t ∥ L 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ 2 ϕ t ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ t ∥ H m − 1 ) . \left\|[Z^\alpha,\Delta]\phi_t\right\|_{L^2}\le C_{m+2}\left(\left\|\nabla^2\phi_t\right\|_{H^{m-1}}+\left\|\nabla\phi_t\right\|_{H^{m-1}}\right). ∥ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t ∥ L 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∇ 2 ϕ t H m − 1 + ∥ ∇ ϕ t ∥ H m − 1 ) .
Thus, by Proposition 2.2 , (51) ,
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ R Δ α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ ∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∥ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t ∥ L 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (55) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left|R^\alpha_\Delta(\tau)\right|\,d\tau\le\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left\|Z^\alpha\phi\right\|_{L^2}\left\|[Z^\alpha,\Delta]\phi_t\right\|_{L^2}\,d\tau\\
&\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(55)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∣ R Δ α ( τ ) ∣ d τ ≤ ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∥ Z α ϕ ∥ L 2 ∥ [ Z α , Δ ] ϕ t ∥ L 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (55)
Combining (48) , (50) , (52) , (53) , (54) , and (55) , we obtain
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t J α ( τ ) d τ ≤ − 1 2 ∥ ∇ Z m ϕ ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + 1 2 ∥ ∇ Z m ϕ 0 ∥ L 2 2 + C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (56) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\mathcal{J}^\alpha(\tau)\,d\tau\le-\frac{1}{2}\left\|\nabla Z^m\phi(t)\right\|_{L^2}^2+\frac{1}{2}\left\|\nabla Z^m\phi_0\right\|_{L^2}^2 \\
&+C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(56)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t J α ( τ ) d τ ≤ − 2 1 ∥ ∇ Z m ϕ ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 + 2 1 ∥ ∇ Z m ϕ 0 ∥ L 2 2 + C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (56)
The viscous terms are considered as in Wang, Xin and Yong [34 ] , Lemma 3.4. More precisely, after integration by parts, using (2) , Proposition 2.1 , Proposition 2.3 , and Young’s inequality, one obtains
− μ ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ Z α u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ div u ⋅ Z α u d x ≤ − c ε ∥ ∇ Z α u ∥ L 2 2 + δ ε ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m 2 + δ ε 2 ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H m − 1 2 + C δ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥ u ∥ H m 2 ) . (57) \begin{aligned}
-\mu\varepsilon\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla\times\omega\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla\operatorname{div}u\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx \\
&\le-c\varepsilon\left\|\nabla Z^\alpha u\right\|_{L^2}^2+\delta\varepsilon\left\|\nabla u\right\|_{H^m}^2+\delta\varepsilon^2\left\|\nabla^2u\right\|_{H^{m-1}}^2 \\
&+C_\delta C_{m+2}\left(\left\|\nabla u\right\|_{H^{m-1}}^2+\left\|u\right\|_{H^m}^2\right). \tag*{(57)}
\end{aligned} − μ ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ Z α u d x + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ Ω Z α ∇ div u ⋅ Z α u d x ≤ − c ε ∥ ∇ Z α u ∥ L 2 2 + δ ε ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m 2 + δ ε 2 ∇ 2 u H m − 1 2 + C δ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥ u ∥ H m 2 ) . (57)
We next estimate the pressure term. Integration by parts gives
∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x = − ∫ Ω Z α p Z α div u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω [ Z α , ∇ ] p ⋅ Z α u d x . (58) \begin{aligned}
\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla p\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx=-\int_\Omega Z^\alpha p Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx+\int_{\partial\Omega}Z^\alpha p Z^\alpha u\cdot n\,dS \\
&+\int_\Omega[Z^\alpha,\nabla]p\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx. \tag*{(58)}
\end{aligned} ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x = − ∫ Ω Z α p Z α div u d x + ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω [ Z α , ∇ ] p ⋅ Z α u d x . (58)
For the last two terms, if Z α Z^\alpha Z α is purely temporal, then Z α u ⋅ n = 0 Z^\alpha u\cdot n=0 Z α u ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω . Otherwise, writing the boundary conormal derivative as Z y α 1 ∂ t α 0 Z_y^{\alpha_1}\partial_t^{\alpha_0} Z y α 1 ∂ t α 0 , integration by parts along ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω yields
∣ ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S ∣ ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ L 2 + ∥ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ H 1 ) 1 / 2 × ∥ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ H 1 1 / 2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . \left|\int_{\partial\Omega} Z^\alpha p\,Z^\alpha u\cdot n\,dS\right|
\le C_{m+2}\left(\|\nabla Z_y^{\alpha_1-1}\partial_t^{\alpha_0}p\|_{L^2}+\|Z_y^{\alpha_1-1}\partial_t^{\alpha_0}p\|_{H^1}\right)^{1/2}
\times\|Z_y^{\alpha_1-1}\partial_t^{\alpha_0}p\|_{H^1}^{1/2}\left(\|\nabla u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^m}\right). ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥∇ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ L 2 + ∥ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ H 1 ) 1/2 × ∥ Z y α 1 − 1 ∂ t α 0 p ∥ H 1 1/2 ( ∥∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) .
Hence, together with Proposition 2.3,
∣ ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω [ Z α , ∇ ] p ⋅ Z α u d x ∣ ≤ δ ∥ ∇ p ∥ H m − 1 2 + C δ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥ ( p , u ) ∥ H m 2 ) . (59) \left|\int_{\partial\Omega} Z^\alpha p\,Z^\alpha u\cdot n\,dS+\int_\Omega[Z^\alpha,\nabla]p\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx\right|
\le\delta\|\nabla p\|_{H^{m-1}}^2+C_\delta C_{m+2}\left(\|\nabla u\|_{H^{m-1}}^2+\|(p,u)\|_{H^m}^2\right). \tag*{(59)} ∫ ∂ Ω Z α p Z α u ⋅ n d S + ∫ Ω [ Z α , ∇ ] p ⋅ Z α u d x ≤ δ ∥∇ p ∥ H m − 1 2 + C δ C m + 2 ( ∥∇ u ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥ ( p , u ) ∥ H m 2 ) . (59)
It remains to estimate the first term on the right-hand side of (3.35). Applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α to (3.19), we obtain
Z α div u = − 1 γ p Z α p t − u γ p ⋅ Z α ∇ p − ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α C α β Z β ( 1 γ p ) Z ν p t − ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α C α β Z β ( u γ p ) ⋅ Z ν ∇ p . (60) Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u=-\frac{1}{\gamma p}Z^\alpha p_t-\frac{u}{\gamma p}\cdot Z^\alpha\nabla p-\sum_{\substack{|\beta|\ge1\\ \beta+\nu=\alpha}}C_{\alpha\beta}Z^\beta\left(\frac{1}{\gamma p}\right)Z^\nu p_t-\sum_{\substack{|\beta|\ge1\\ \beta+\nu=\alpha}}C_{\alpha\beta}Z^\beta\left(\frac{u}{\gamma p}\right)\cdot Z^\nu\nabla p. \tag*{(60)} Z α div u = − γ p 1 Z α p t − γ p u ⋅ Z α ∇ p − ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α ∑ C α β Z β ( γ p 1 ) Z ν p t − ∣ β ∣ ≥ 1 β + ν = α ∑ C α β Z β ( γ p u ) ⋅ Z ν ∇ p . (60)
Substituting (3.37) gives
− ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p Z α div u d x d τ = ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω 1 γ p Z α p Z α p t d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p u γ p ⋅ Z α ∇ p d x d τ + R α p . (61) -\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha p\,Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
=\int_0^t\int_\Omega\frac{1}{\gamma p}Z^\alpha p\,Z^\alpha p_t\,dx\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha p\,\frac{u}{\gamma p}\cdot Z^\alpha\nabla p\,dx\,d\tau+R_\alpha^p. \tag*{(61)} − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p Z α div u d x d τ = ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω γ p 1 Z α p Z α p t d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p γ p u ⋅ Z α ∇ p d x d τ + R α p . (61)
For the first two terms,
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω 1 γ p Z α p Z α p t d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p u γ p ⋅ Z α ∇ p d x d τ ≥ ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p ∣ Z α p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x − ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p 0 ∣ Z α p 0 ∣ 2 d x − δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ − C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ∥ p ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ . (62) \int_0^t\int_\Omega\frac{1}{\gamma p}Z^\alpha p\,Z^\alpha p_t\,dx\,d\tau+\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha p\,\frac{u}{\gamma p}\cdot Z^\alpha\nabla p\,dx\,d\tau
\ge\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p}|Z^\alpha p|^2(t)\,dx-\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p_0}|Z^\alpha p_0|^2\,dx-\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla p(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau
-C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\|p(\tau)\|_{H^m}^2\,d\tau. \tag*{(62)} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω γ p 1 Z α p Z α p t d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α p γ p u ⋅ Z α ∇ p d x d τ ≥ ∫ Ω 2 γ p 1 ∣ Z α p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x − ∫ Ω 2 γ p 0 1 ∣ Z α p 0 ∣ 2 d x − δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ − C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ∥ p ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ . (62)
The remaining terms in R α p R_\alpha^p R α p contain at least one differentiated coefficient. By Proposition 2.2,
∣ R α p ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ∥ ( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ . (63) |R_\alpha^p|\le\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla p(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\|(p,u)(\tau)\|_{H^m}^2\,d\tau. \tag*{(63)} ∣ R α p ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ∥ ( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ . (63)
Combining (3.35)–(3.40), we arrive at
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x d τ ≥ ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p ∣ Z α p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x − ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p 0 ∣ Z α p 0 ∣ 2 d x − δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ − C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (64) \int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla p\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx\,d\tau
\ge\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p}|Z^\alpha p|^2(t)\,dx-\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p_0}|Z^\alpha p_0|^2\,dx-\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla p(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau
-C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(64)} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ Z α u d x d τ ≥ ∫ Ω 2 γ p 1 ∣ Z α p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x − ∫ Ω 2 γ p 0 1 ∣ Z α p 0 ∣ 2 d x − δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ − C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (64)
The commutators C 1 α C_1^\alpha C 1 α , C 2 α C_2^\alpha C 2 α and C 3 α C_3^\alpha C 3 α are estimated in the same way. By Proposition 2.2,
∑ ∣ α ∣ = m ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω ( C 1 α + C 2 α + C 3 α ) ⋅ Z α u d x ∣ d τ ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (65) \sum_{|\alpha|=m}\int_0^t\left|\int_\Omega(C_1^\alpha+C_2^\alpha+C_3^\alpha)\cdot Z^\alpha u\,dx\right|\,d\tau
\le C[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(65)} ∣ α ∣ = m ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( C 1 α + C 2 α + C 3 α ) ⋅ Z α u d x d τ ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (65)
Substituting (56) , (57) , (64) , and (65) into (46) , summing over ∣ α ∣ = m |\alpha|=m ∣ α ∣ = m , and integrating over [ 0 , t ] [0,t] [ 0 , t ] , we obtain
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ( ∥ Z m ( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ ∇ Z m ϕ ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 ) + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + δ ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . \begin{aligned}
\sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}(\|Z^m(p,u)(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2+\|\nabla Z^m\phi(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2)+\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^m u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
\leq C_{m+2}\{\mathcal{E}_m(0)+\delta\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla u(\tau)\|_{H^m}^2\,d\tau+\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau\\
&+\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla p(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau\}.
\end{aligned} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ( ∥ Z m ( p , u ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥∇ Z m ϕ ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 ) + ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + δ ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ p ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } .
Taking δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 sufficiently small and using the induction hypothesis for lower conormal orders yield (45) . This completes the proof.
Lemma 3.4 (High-order estimate for div u \operatorname{div}u div u and ∇ p ) . L e t \nabla p). Let ∇ p ) . L e t m\geq1$, and let Z α Z^\alpha Z α be a conormal differential operator such that ∣ α ∣ = m − 1 |\alpha|=m-1 ∣ α ∣ = m − 1 and α 0 ≤ m − 2 \alpha_0\leq m-2 α 0 ≤ m − 2 . Then, for any sufficiently small δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 , it holds that
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ∫ Ω ( ρ ∣ Z α div u ∣ 2 + 1 γ p ∣ Z α ∇ p ∣ 2 ) ( τ ) d x + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ Ω ( ρ 0 ∣ Z α div u 0 ∣ 2 + 1 γ p 0 ∣ Z α ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 ) d x \sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\int_\Omega\left(\rho|Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u|^2+\frac{1}{\gamma p}|Z^\alpha\nabla p|^2\right)(\tau)\,dx+c\varepsilon\int_0^t\left\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
\leq C\int_\Omega\left(\rho_0|Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u_0|^2+\frac{1}{\gamma p_0}|Z^\alpha\nabla p_0|^2\right)\,dx 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ∫ Ω ( ρ ∣ Z α div u ∣ 2 + γ p 1 ∣ Z α ∇ p ∣ 2 ) ( τ ) d x + c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ Ω ( ρ 0 ∣ Z α div u 0 ∣ 2 + γ p 0 1 ∣ Z α ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 ) d x + C m + 2 { δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ( δ + ε ) ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (66) +C_{m+2}\left\{\delta\int_0^t\left\|\nabla Z^{m-1}_t p(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+(\delta+\varepsilon)\int_0^t\left\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
+\varepsilon\int_0^t\left\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\right\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau\right\}. \tag*{(66)} + C m + 2 { δ ∫ 0 t ∇ Z t m − 1 p ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ + ( δ + ε ) ∫ 0 t ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∇ 2 u ( τ ) H m − 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (66)
Proof. We argue by induction on the order. The case ∣ α ∣ = 0 |\alpha|=0 ∣ α ∣ = 0 follows from Lemma 3.2. Assume that the desired estimate has been proved for all orders not larger than m − 2 m-2 m − 2 . We prove it for ∣ α ∣ = m − 1 |\alpha|=m-1 ∣ α ∣ = m − 1 , where α 0 ≤ m − 2 \alpha_0\leq m-2 α 0 ≤ m − 2 .
Applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α to (24) , multiplying the resulting equation by ∇ Z α div u \nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u ∇ Z α div u , and integrating over Ω × ( 0 , t ) \Omega\times(0,t) Ω × ( 0 , t ) , we obtain
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ Z α u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α u + Z α ∇ p ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ = − μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( D 1 α + D 2 α ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ . (67) \begin{aligned}
\int_0^t\int_\Omega\left(\rho Z^\alpha u_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha u+Z^\alpha\nabla p\right)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
=-\mu\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla\times\omega\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_0^t\left\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha(\rho\nabla\phi)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_\Omega(D_1^\alpha+D_2^\alpha)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau. \tag*{(67)}
\end{aligned} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ Z α u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α u + Z α ∇ p ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ = − μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( D 1 α + D 2 α ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ . (67)
where
D 1 α : = − [ Z α , ρ ] u t , D 2 α : = − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u . D_1^\alpha:=-[Z^\alpha,\rho]u_t,\qquad D_2^\alpha:=-[Z^\alpha,\rho u\cdot\nabla]u. D 1 α := − [ Z α , ρ ] u t , D 2 α := − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u .
We first estimate the electric force term. We write
I E α : = ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ = ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≡ I 1 α + I 2 α + I 3 α . (68) \begin{aligned}
I_E^\alpha:=\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha(\rho\nabla\phi)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&=\int_0^t\int_\Omega\rho\nabla Z^\alpha\phi\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
+\int_0^t\int_\Omega[Z^\alpha,\rho]\nabla\phi\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&+\int_0^t\int_\Omega\rho[Z^\alpha,\nabla]\phi\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
\equiv I_1^\alpha+I_2^\alpha+I_3^\alpha. \tag*{(68)}
\end{aligned} I E α := ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ = ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] ϕ ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≡ I 1 α + I 2 α + I 3 α . (68)
For I 1 α I_1^\alpha I 1 α , integration by parts gives
I 1 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ∂ n Z α ϕ Z α div u d S d τ = ≔ I 1 , i n t α + I 1 , b d α . (69) \begin{aligned}
I_1^\alpha&= -\int_0^t\int_\Omega\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla Z^\alpha\phi)Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau+\int_0^t\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho\partial_n Z^\alpha\phi\,Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau\\
&\mathrel{\phantom{=}}\coloneqq I_{1,\mathrm{int}}^\alpha+I_{1,\mathrm{bd}}^\alpha. \tag*{(69)}
\end{aligned} I 1 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ∂ n Z α ϕ Z α div u d S d τ = : = I 1 , int α + I 1 , bd α . (69)
Since
div ( ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ) = ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ Z α ϕ + ρ Z α ( ρ − 1 ) + ρ [ Δ , Z α ] ϕ , \operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla Z^\alpha\phi)=\nabla\rho\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\phi+\rho Z^\alpha(\rho-1)+\rho[\Delta,Z^\alpha]\phi, div ( ρ ∇ Z α ϕ ) = ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ Z α ϕ + ρ Z α ( ρ − 1 ) + ρ [ Δ , Z α ] ϕ ,
the first two terms are estimated by Proposition 2.2 and Proposition 2.4. The last one is treated in the same way as in (55) . Hence
∣ I 1 , i n t α ∣ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (70) |I_{1,\mathrm{int}}^\alpha|\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(70)} ∣ I 1 , int α ∣ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (70)
For the boundary part, using (3) , integration by parts along ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , Proposition 2.3, and Young’s inequality, we get
∣ I 1 , b d α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (71) |I_{1,\mathrm{bd}}^\alpha|\le\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(71)} ∣ I 1 , bd α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (71)
For I 2 α I_2^\alpha I 2 α , integration by parts gives
I 2 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω h α Z α div u d S d τ , h α ≔ n ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ . I_2^\alpha=-\int_0^t\int_\Omega\operatorname{div}([Z^\alpha,\rho]\nabla\phi)Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau+\int_0^t\int_{\partial\Omega}h_\alpha Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau,\qquad h_\alpha\coloneqq n\cdot[Z^\alpha,\rho]\nabla\phi. I 2 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ([ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω h α Z α div u d S d τ , h α : = n ⋅ [ Z α , ρ ] ∇ ϕ .
The boundary term is not identically zero on a curved boundary. Indeed, for a tangential vector field Z i Z_i Z i , the Neumann condition implies n ⋅ Z i ∇ ϕ = − ( Z i n ) ⋅ ∇ ϕ n\cdot Z_i\nabla\phi=-(Z_i n)\cdot\nabla\phi n ⋅ Z i ∇ ϕ = − ( Z i n ) ⋅ ∇ ϕ . More generally, if Z α Z^\alpha Z α contains no Z 3 Z_3 Z 3 , then on the boundary
h α = − ∑ 0 < β ≤ α ( α β ) ( Z β ρ ) ∑ 0 < ν ≤ α − β ( α − β ν ) ( Z ν n ) ⋅ Z α − β − ν ∇ ϕ . h_\alpha=-\sum_{0<\beta\le\alpha}\binom{\alpha}{\beta}(Z^\beta\rho)\sum_{0<\nu\le\alpha-\beta}\binom{\alpha-\beta}{\nu}(Z^\nu n)\cdot Z^{\alpha-\beta-\nu}\nabla\phi. h α = − 0 < β ≤ α ∑ ( β α ) ( Z β ρ ) 0 < ν ≤ α − β ∑ ( ν α − β ) ( Z ν n ) ⋅ Z α − β − ν ∇ ϕ .
In particular, each nonzero term contains a derivative of the normal and at most m − 2 m-2 m − 2 conormal derivatives of the unknowns. Since α 0 ≤ m − 2 \alpha_0\le m-2 α 0 ≤ m − 2 , there is a spatial tangential derivative T T T in Z α Z^\alpha Z α . Write Z α div u = T g Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u=Tg Z α div u = T g , where g g g has at most m − 2 m-2 m − 2 conormal derivatives of div u \operatorname{div}u div u . Tangential integration by parts yields
∫ ∂ Ω h α T g d S = − ∫ ∂ Ω ( T h α + ( div ∂ Ω T ) h α ) g d S . \int_{\partial\Omega}h_\alpha Tg\,dS=-\int_{\partial\Omega}\left(Th_\alpha+(\operatorname{div}_{\partial\Omega}T)h_\alpha\right)g\,dS. ∫ ∂ Ω h α T g d S = − ∫ ∂ Ω ( T h α + ( div ∂ Ω T ) h α ) g d S .
The local cut-off terms have the same lower order. More explicitly, the product, trace, and Poisson estimates give
∫ 0 t ∣ T h α + ( div ∂ Ω T ) h α ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m d τ , \int_0^t\left|Th_\alpha+(\operatorname{div}_{\partial\Omega}T)h_\alpha\right|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2\,d\tau\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m\,d\tau, ∫ 0 t ∣ T h α + ( div ∂ Ω T ) h α ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m d τ ,
∫ 0 t ∣ g ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t E m d τ + C ( ∫ 0 t E m d τ ) 1 / 2 ( ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ) 1 / 2 . \int_0^t|g|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2\,d\tau\le C\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m\,d\tau+C\left(\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m\,d\tau\right)^{1/2}\left(\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\right)^{1/2}. ∫ 0 t ∣ g ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t E m d τ + C ( ∫ 0 t E m d τ ) 1/2 ( ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ) 1/2 .
Here the first estimate uses only mixed pressure gradients with at most m − 2 m-2 m − 2 time derivatives; these are contained in E m \mathcal{E}_m E m . The second is the trace inequality ∣ g ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ∥ g ∥ L 2 ( ∥ g ∥ L 2 + ∥ ∇ g ∥ L 2 ) |g|_{L^2(\partial\Omega)}^2\le C\|g\|_{L^2}(\|g\|_{L^2}+\|\nabla g\|_{L^2}) ∣ g ∣ L 2 ( ∂ Ω ) 2 ≤ C ∥ g ∥ L 2 ( ∥ g ∥ L 2 + ∥∇ g ∥ L 2 ) . If Z α Z^\alpha Z α contains Z 3 Z_3 Z 3 , its trace is zero and there is no boundary contribution. Consequently, estimating the interior term as above and applying Young’s inequality to the boundary term, we obtain
∣ I 2 α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (72) \begin{aligned}
|I_2^\alpha|&\le\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\\
&\quad+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(72)}
\end{aligned} ∣ I 2 α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (72)
For I 3 α I_3^\alpha I 3 α , integration by parts gives
I 3 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] φ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] φ ⋅ n Z α div u d S d τ . (73) \begin{aligned}
I_3^\alpha={}&-\int_0^t\int_\Omega\operatorname{div}\left(\rho[Z^\alpha,\nabla]\varphi\right)Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&+\int_0^t\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho[Z^\alpha,\nabla]\varphi\cdot n\,Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau. \tag*{(73)}
\end{aligned} I 3 α = − ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω div ( ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] φ ) Z α div u d x d τ + ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ [ Z α , ∇ ] φ ⋅ n Z α div u d S d τ . (73)
Using Proposition 2.2 for the interior part and Proposition 2.3 for the boundary part, together with Proposition 2.4 , we obtain
∣ I 3 α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (74) |I_3^\alpha|\leq\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(74)} ∣ I 3 α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (74)
Combining (70) –(3.51)}, we obtain
∣ I E α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (75) |I_E^\alpha|\leq\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(75)} ∣ I E α ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (75)
We next consider the inertial part. Integrating by parts, using the continuity equation and (1.2), and estimating the boundary contribution by Proposition 2.3 , we get
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ Z α u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α u ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≤ − 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 1 2 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ Z α div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (76) \begin{aligned}
\int_0^t\int_\Omega(\rho Z^\alpha u_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha u)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
\leq{}&-\frac{1}{2}\int_\Omega\rho|Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u|^2(t)\,dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_\Omega\rho_0|Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u_0|^2\,dx\\
&+\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(76)}
\end{aligned} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ Z α u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α u ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≤ − 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 2 1 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ Z α div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (76)
Next, we estimate the pressure term. Applying ∇ \nabla ∇ to (3.37) and arguing as in (61) –(64) , we obtain, after integration by parts in time and space,
∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≤ − ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p ∣ Z α ∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ∫ Ω 1 2 γ p 0 ∣ Z α ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (77) \begin{aligned}
\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla p\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
\leq{}&-\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p}|Z^\alpha\nabla p|^2(t)\,dx+\int_\Omega\frac{1}{2\gamma p_0}|Z^\alpha\nabla p_0|^2\,dx\\
&+\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(77)}
\end{aligned} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ p ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≤ − ∫ Ω 2 γ p 1 ∣ Z α ∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ∫ Ω 2 γ p 0 1 ∣ Z α ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (77)
The commutator terms generated by differentiating the coefficients ( γ p ) − 1 (\gamma p)^{-1} ( γ p ) − 1 and u ( γ p ) − 1 u(\gamma p)^{-1} u ( γ p ) − 1 are estimated by Proposition 2.2 , as in the pressure commutator estimate of Lemma 3.3.
For the viscous terms, we use ∇ × ∇ Z α div u = 0 \nabla\times\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u=0 ∇ × ∇ Z α div u = 0 , (1.2), integration by parts along ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , Proposition 2.3 , and Young’s inequality. This yields
− μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≥ c ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ − C ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ − C ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ − C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (78) \begin{aligned}
-\mu\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega Z^\alpha\nabla\times\omega\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
\geq{}&c\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\\
&-C\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\\
&-C\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\,d\tau-C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(78)}
\end{aligned} − μ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ∇ × ω ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≥ c ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ − C ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ − C ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ − C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (78)
The commutators D 1 α D_1^\alpha D 1 α and D 2 α D_2^\alpha D 2 α satisfy, by Proposition 2.2 , integrating by parts,
∣ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( D 1 α + D 2 α ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ∣ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (79) \left|\int_0^t\int_\Omega(D_1^\alpha+D_2^\alpha)\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right|
\leq\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(79)} ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( D 1 α + D 2 α ) ⋅ ∇ Z α div u d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (79)
Substituting (75) , (76) , (77) , (78) , and (79) into (67) , we obtain (66) . This completes the proof.
It remains to handle the pure time derivative case, which is not covered by Lemma 3.4. In this case no spatial conormal derivative is available for tangential integration by parts, and the corresponding estimate is therefore taken with an additional factor ε \varepsilon ε .
Lemma 3.5 (Pure time derivative estimate). Let m ≥ 1 m \ge1 m ≥ 1 . Then it holds that
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ε ∫ Ω ( ρ ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∣ 2 + 1 γ p ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ∣ 2 ) ( τ ) d x + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε ∫ Ω ( ρ 0 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u 0 ∣ 2 + 1 γ p 0 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 ) d x + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (80) \begin{aligned}
\sup_{0 \le\tau\le t} \varepsilon\int_{\Omega} \left( \rho\left|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div} u\right|^2 + \frac{1}{\gamma p}\left|\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p\right|^2 \right)(\tau)\,dx
&+ \varepsilon^2 \int_0^t \left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\\
&\le C\varepsilon\int_{\Omega} \left( \rho_0 \left|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div} u_0\right|^2 + \frac{1}{\gamma p_0}\left|\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p_0\right|^2 \right)\,dx \\
&\quad+ C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t \mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(80)}
\end{aligned} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ε ∫ Ω ( ρ ∂ t m − 1 div u 2 + γ p 1 ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p 2 ) ( τ ) d x + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε ∫ Ω ( ρ 0 ∂ t m − 1 div u 0 2 + γ p 0 1 ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p 0 2 ) d x + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (80)
Proof. Applying ∂ t m − 1 \partial_t^{m-1} ∂ t m − 1 to (3.1) and testing it against ε ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u \varepsilon\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u ε ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u on Ω × ( 0 , t ) \Omega\times(0,t) Ω × ( 0 , t ) , we obtain
ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ ∂ t m u + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u + ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ = ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − μ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ × ∂ t m − 1 ω ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω C t m − 1 ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ . (81) \begin{aligned}
\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\Omega} \left(\rho\partial_t^m u+\rho u\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}u+\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p\right)\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau
&=\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi)\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&\quad-\mu\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\nabla\times\partial_t^{m-1}\omega\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&\quad+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\\
&\quad+\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\mathcal{C}_t^{m-1}\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau. \tag*{(81)}
\end{aligned} ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ ∂ t m u + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u + ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ = ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − μ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ × ∂ t m − 1 ω ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u L 2 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω C t m − 1 ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ . (81)
where
C t m − 1 = − [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] u t − [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u . \mathcal{C}_t^{m-1}=-[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]u_t-[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho u\cdot\nabla]u. C t m − 1 = − [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] u t − [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] u .
We first estimate the electric force term. Since time derivatives commute with spatial derivatives,
∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ . \partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi)=\rho\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\phi+[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]\nabla\phi. ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ .
Hence, by Young’s inequality and Proposition 2.2,
∣ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ∣ ≤ ε ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ ∥ L 2 + ∥ [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 d τ ≤ 2 μ + λ 8 ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (82) \begin{aligned}
\left|\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\Omega}\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi)\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right|
&\le\varepsilon\int_0^t\left(\|\rho\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\phi\|_{L^2}+\|[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]\nabla\phi\|_{L^2}\right)\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\right\|_{L^2}\,d\tau\\
&\le\frac{2\mu+\lambda}{8}\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(82)}
\end{aligned} ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ≤ ε ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ ∥ L 2 + ∥ [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ∥ L 2 ) ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u L 2 d τ ≤ 8 2 μ + λ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (82)
By the same argument as in Lemmas 3.2 and 3.4, using (1.2), (3.19), Proposition 2.3, Proposition 2.2, and Young’s inequality, we estimate the standard terms as follows.
The inertial term can be estimated by
ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ ∂ t m − 1 u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ \varepsilon\int_0^t \int_\Omega\left(\rho\partial_t^{m-1}u_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}u\right)\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ρ ∂ t m − 1 u t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u ) ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ
= − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ( ∂ t m − 1 div u t + u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ) ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ ∂ t m − 1 u t + ( ∇ ( ρ u ) ) T : ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u ) ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ ) n ⋅ ∂ t m − 1 u ∂ t m − 1 div u d S d τ ≤ − ε 2 ∫ Ω ρ ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ε 2 ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + 2 μ + λ 16 ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (83) \begin{aligned}
={}&-\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega\rho\left(\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u_t+u\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\right)\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&-\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega\left(\nabla\rho\cdot\partial_t^{m-1}u_t+(\nabla(\rho u))^T:\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}u\right)\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&-\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_{\partial\Omega}\rho(u\cdot\nabla)n\cdot\partial_t^{m-1}u\,\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dS\,d\tau\\
\le{}&-\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\int_\Omega\rho|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u|^2(t)\,dx+\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\int_\Omega\rho_0|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u_0|^2\,dx\\
&+\frac{2\mu+\lambda}{16}\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(83)}
\end{aligned} = ≤ − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ρ ( ∂ t m − 1 div u t + u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ) ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( ∇ ρ ⋅ ∂ t m − 1 u t + ( ∇ ( ρ u ) ) T : ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u ) ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ − ε ∫ 0 t ∫ ∂ Ω ρ ( u ⋅ ∇ ) n ⋅ ∂ t m − 1 u ∂ t m − 1 div u d S d τ − 2 ε ∫ Ω ρ ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 2 ε ∫ Ω ρ 0 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 div u 0 ∣ 2 d x + 16 2 μ + λ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (83)
The pressure term can be estimated by
ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ \varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ
≤ − ε 2 ∫ Ω 1 γ p ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + ε 2 ∫ Ω 1 γ p 0 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (84) \begin{aligned}
\le{}&-\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\int_\Omega\frac{1}{\gamma p}|\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p|^2(t)\,dx+\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\int_\Omega\frac{1}{\gamma p_0}|\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p_0|^2\,dx\\
&+C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(84)}
\end{aligned} ≤ − 2 ε ∫ Ω γ p 1 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ∣ 2 ( t ) d x + 2 ε ∫ Ω γ p 0 1 ∣ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p 0 ∣ 2 d x + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (84)
For the viscous term, we have
− μ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ × ∂ t m − 1 ω ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ≤ 2 μ + λ 16 ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (85) \begin{aligned}
-\mu\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\int_\Omega\nabla\times\partial_t^{m-1}\omega\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\\
&\le\frac{2\mu+\lambda}{16}\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(85)}
\end{aligned} − μ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ∇ × ∂ t m − 1 ω ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ≤ 16 2 μ + λ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (85)
The commutator term is controlled by
∣ ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω C t m − 1 ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ∣ ≤ 2 μ + λ 16 ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (86) \begin{aligned}
\left|\varepsilon\int_0^t\int_\Omega C_t^{m-1}\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\,dx\,d\tau\right| \\
&\le\frac{2\mu+\lambda}{16}\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(86)}
\end{aligned} ε ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω C t m − 1 ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u d x d τ ≤ 16 2 μ + λ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (86)
Substituting (3.59), (3.60), (3.61), (3.62), and (3.63) into (3.58), we obtain (3.57). This completes the proof.
The preceding estimates provide the conormal control of ( p , u ) (p,u) ( p , u ) and the ε \varepsilon ε -weighted estimate for the highest pure time derivative of div u \operatorname{div}u div u . However, in order to close the normal derivative estimates, an estimate for ∂ t m − 1 div u \partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u ∂ t m − 1 div u is still required. To avoid a circular estimate, we introduce an auxiliary quantity
Λ m 1 ( t ) : = ∥ ( p , u ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∥ Z β ∇ p ( t ) ∥ 1 2 + ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∥ Z β ∇ u ( t ) ∥ 1 2 . (87) \Lambda_m^1(t):=\|(p,u)(t)\|_{H^m}^2+\sum_{|\beta|\le m-2}\|Z^\beta\nabla p(t)\|_1^2+\sum_{|\beta|\le m-2}\|Z^\beta\nabla u(t)\|_1^2. \tag*{(87)} Λ m 1 ( t ) := ∥ ( p , u ) ( t ) ∥ H m 2 + ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∑ ∥ Z β ∇ p ( t ) ∥ 1 2 + ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∑ ∥ Z β ∇ u ( t ) ∥ 1 2 . (87)
This quantity does not contain the term ∥ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 \|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u(t)\|_{L^2}^2 ∥ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 .
Lemma 3.6. Let m ≥ 3 m\ge3 m ≥ 3 . Then
∥ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (88) \|\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u(t)\|_{L^2}^2\le C_2[1+P(Q(t))]P\left(\Lambda_m^1(t)\right). \tag*{(88)} ∥ ∂ t m − 1 div u ( t ) ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (88)
Proof. By (42) ,
div u = − p t γ p − u ⋅ ∇ p γ p . \operatorname{div} u=-\frac{p_t}{\gamma p}-\frac{u\cdot\nabla p}{\gamma p}. div u = − γ p p t − γ p u ⋅ ∇ p .
Applying ∂ t m − 1 \partial_t^{m-1} ∂ t m − 1 to this identity gives
∂ t m − 1 div u = − 1 γ p ∂ t m − 1 p − u γ p ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p − [ ∂ t m − 1 , 1 γ p ] p t − [ ∂ t m − 1 , u γ p ] ⋅ ∇ p . (89) \begin{aligned}
\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u={}&-\frac{1}{\gamma p}\partial_t^{m-1}p-\frac{u}{\gamma p}\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\\
&-\left[\partial_t^{m-1},\frac{1}{\gamma p}\right]p_t-\left[\partial_t^{m-1},\frac{u}{\gamma p}\right]\cdot\nabla p. \tag*{(89)}
\end{aligned} ∂ t m − 1 div u = − γ p 1 ∂ t m − 1 p − γ p u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p − [ ∂ t m − 1 , γ p 1 ] p t − [ ∂ t m − 1 , γ p u ] ⋅ ∇ p . (89)
The two leading terms are controlled by the definition of Λ m 1 ( t ) \Lambda_m^1(t) Λ m 1 ( t ) :
∥ 1 γ p ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ u γ p ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] Λ m 1 ( t ) . (90) \left\|\frac{1}{\gamma p}\partial_t^{m-1}p\right\|_{L^2}^2+\left\|\frac{u}{\gamma p}\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\right\|_{L^2}^2\le C[1+P(Q(t))]\Lambda_m^1(t). \tag*{(90)} γ p 1 ∂ t m − 1 p L 2 2 + γ p u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p L 2 2 ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] Λ m 1 ( t ) . (90)
For the commutator terms, Proposition 2.2 yields
∥ [ ∂ t m − 1 , 1 γ p ] p t ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ [ ∂ t m − 1 , u γ p ] ⋅ ∇ p ∥ L 2 2 ≤ C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (91) \left\|\left[\partial_t^{m-1},\frac{1}{\gamma p}\right]p_t\right\|_{L^2}^2+\left\|\left[\partial_t^{m-1},\frac{u}{\gamma p}\right]\cdot\nabla p\right\|_{L^2}^2
\le C_2[1+P(Q(t))]P\left(\Lambda_m^1(t)\right). \tag*{(91)} [ ∂ t m − 1 , γ p 1 ] p t L 2 2 + [ ∂ t m − 1 , γ p u ] ⋅ ∇ p L 2 2 ≤ C 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (91)
Combining (89) –(91) , we obtain (88) . This completes the proof.
Lemma 3.7. Let m ≥ 1 m\ge1 m ≥ 1 . Then
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ + C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ . (92) \int_0^t\left\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau+C\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\left\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\right\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau. \tag*{(92)} ∫ 0 t ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ + C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∇ 2 u ( τ ) H m − 1 2 d τ . (92) Proof. Applying ∂ t m − 1 \partial_t^{m-1} ∂ t m − 1 to (24) and solving for ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p \nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p , we get
∇ ∂ t m − 1 p = − ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) − ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) − μ ε ∂ t m − 1 ∇ × ω + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∂ t m − 1 ∇ div u + ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (93) \begin{aligned}
\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p={}&-\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u_t)-\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u\cdot\nabla u)-\mu\varepsilon\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla\times\omega\\
&+(2\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla\operatorname{div}u+\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi). \tag*{(93)}
\end{aligned} ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p = − ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) − ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) − μ ε ∂ t m − 1 ∇ × ω + ( 2 μ + λ ) ε ∂ t m − 1 ∇ div u + ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (93) We estimate each term on the right-hand side of (93) . First,
∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) = ρ ∂ t m u + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] u t . \partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u_t)=\rho\partial_t^m u+[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]u_t. ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) = ρ ∂ t m u + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] u t . Thus, by Proposition 2.2 ,
∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (94) \int_0^t\left\|\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u_t)(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\le C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(94)} ∫ 0 t ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u t ) ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (94) Similarly,
∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) = ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ u ] ⋅ ∇ u , \partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u\cdot\nabla u)=\rho u\cdot\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}u+[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho u]\cdot\nabla u, ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) = ρ u ⋅ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 u + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ u ] ⋅ ∇ u , and Proposition 2.2 gives
∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (95) \int_0^t\left\|\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho u\cdot\nabla u)(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\le C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(95)} ∫ 0 t ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ u ⋅ ∇ u ) ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (95) For the viscous terms, we directly have
ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ( ∇ × ω , ∇ div u ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ . (96) \varepsilon^2\int_0^t\left\|\partial_t^{m-1}(\nabla\times\omega,\nabla\operatorname{div}u)(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau\le C\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\left\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\right\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau. \tag*{(96)} ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∂ t m − 1 ( ∇ × ω , ∇ div u ) ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∇ 2 u ( τ ) H m − 1 2 d τ . (96)
It remains to estimate the electric force term. Since
∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ , \partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi)=\rho\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\phi+[\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]\nabla\phi, ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ϕ + [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ ,
[ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ = ∑ j = 1 m − 1 C m − 1 j ∂ t j ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 − j ϕ . [\partial_t^{m-1},\rho]\nabla\phi=\sum_{j=1}^{m-1}C_{m-1}^{j}\partial_t^{j}\rho\nabla\partial_t^{m-1-j}\phi. [ ∂ t m − 1 , ρ ] ∇ ϕ = j = 1 ∑ m − 1 C m − 1 j ∂ t j ρ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 − j ϕ .
where C m − 1 j C_{m-1}^{j} C m − 1 j denotes the usual binomial coefficient. Proposition 2.2 gives
∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (97) \int_0^t\|\partial_t^{m-1}(\rho\nabla\phi)(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\leq C_{m+1}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(97)} ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (97)
Combining (93) –(97) , we obtain (92) . This completes the proof.
The estimates obtained above still contain the term ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 \|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2 ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 . A direct estimate of the corresponding second-order spatial derivatives is not convenient in a general domain. Instead, we use the pressure equation to rewrite div u \operatorname{div}u div u , so that the tangential and time derivative parts are controlled by the conormal energy, while the normal part is treated by the Hardy inequality near the boundary.
Lemma 3.8. Let m ≥ 2 m\geq2 m ≥ 2 . Then
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (98) \int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\leq C\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+C_m[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(98)} ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (98)
Proof. By (42) , we may write
div u = − 1 γ ( ∂ t ln p + u ⋅ ∇ ln p ) . \operatorname{div}u=-\frac{1}{\gamma}(\partial_t\ln p+u\cdot\nabla\ln p). div u = − γ 1 ( ∂ t ln p + u ⋅ ∇ ln p ) .
Let ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 2 |\alpha|\leq m-2 ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 2 . In a boundary coordinate patch, we decompose
u ⋅ ∇ ln p = u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p + ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p . u\cdot\nabla\ln p=u_y\cdot\nabla_y\ln p+(u\cdot N)\partial_z\ln p. u ⋅ ∇ ln p = u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p + ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p .
Hence
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ Z α ∂ t ln p ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ ∇ Z α ( u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥ ∇ Z α ( ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 ) d τ . (99) \int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\leq C\int_0^t\left(\|\nabla Z^\alpha\partial_t\ln p\|_{L^2}^2+\|\nabla Z^\alpha(u_y\cdot\nabla_y\ln p)\|_{L^2}^2+\|\nabla Z^\alpha((u\cdot N)\partial_z\ln p)\|_{L^2}^2\right)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(99)} ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ( ∥∇ Z α ∂ t ln p ∥ L 2 2 + ∥∇ Z α ( u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 + ∥∇ Z α (( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 ) d τ . (99)
The first two terms are estimated as in [34 Lemma 3.12, (3.98)–(3.100)] . The case Z α = ∂ t m − 2 Z^\alpha=\partial_t^{m-2} Z α = ∂ t m − 2 contains ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ln p \nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\ln p ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ln p , so its highest pressure derivative must be retained without an ε \varepsilon ε weight. The other mixed derivatives are contained in E m \mathcal{E}_m E m . Thus Proposition 2.2 gives
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α ∂ t ln p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α ( u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (100) \int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha\partial_t\ln p\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^\alpha(u_y\cdot\nabla_y\ln p)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau
\leq C\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+C_m[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(100)} ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α ∂ t ln p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z α ( u y ⋅ ∇ y ln p ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (100)
It remains to estimate the normal part. Since u ⋅ n = 0 u\cdot n=0 u ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , the coefficient u ⋅ N u\cdot N u ⋅ N vanishes on the boundary. Using Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z Z_3=\varphi(z)\partial_z Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z with φ ( z ) ∼ z \varphi(z)\sim z φ ( z ) ∼ z near ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , Proposition 2.2, and the Hardy inequality, we obtain
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z α ( ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ( ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ + C ∫ 0 t ∥ u ⋅ N φ ( z ) Z 3 ∇ ln p ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ ≤ C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( E m ( τ ) + ∑ ∣ β ∣ ≤ 1 ∥ Z β ( u ⋅ N φ ( z ) ) ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 ) d τ ≤ C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (101) \begin{aligned}
\int_0^t \left\|\nabla Z^\alpha\bigl((u\cdot N)\partial_z\ln p\bigr)(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
&\le\int_0^t \left\|\nabla\bigl((u\cdot N)\partial_z\ln p\bigr)(\tau)\right\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\,d\tau\\
&\le C\int_0^t \left\|\nabla(u\cdot N)\,\partial_z\ln p\right\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\,d\tau
+C\int_0^t \left\|\frac{u\cdot N}{\varphi(z)}Z_3\nabla\ln p\right\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\,d\tau\\
&\le C_m[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\left(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)+\sum_{|\beta|\le1}\left\|Z^\beta\left(\frac{u\cdot N}{\varphi(z)}\right)(\tau)\right\|_{H^{m-2}}^2\right)\,d\tau\\
&\le C_m[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(101)}
\end{aligned} ∫ 0 t ∇ Z α ( ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ( τ ) L 2 2 d τ ≤ ∫ 0 t ∇ ( ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ) ( τ ) H m − 2 2 d τ ≤ C ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ( u ⋅ N ) ∂ z ln p ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ + C ∫ 0 t φ ( z ) u ⋅ N Z 3 ∇ ln p H m − 2 2 d τ ≤ C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) + ∣ β ∣ ≤ 1 ∑ Z β ( φ ( z ) u ⋅ N ) ( τ ) H m − 2 2 d τ ≤ C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (101)
Here N N N denotes the normal direction in the boundary coordinate patch, z z z is the normal coordinate, and φ ( z ) ∼ z \varphi(z)\sim z φ ( z ) ∼ z is the coefficient in the conormal vector field Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z Z_3=\varphi(z)\partial_z Z 3 = φ ( z ) ∂ z . In the last step we used the Hardy inequality
∑ ∣ β ∣ ≤ 1 ∥ Z β ( u ⋅ N φ ( z ) ) ∥ H m − 2 ≤ C m ( ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 ) , \sum_{|\beta|\le1}\left\|Z^\beta\left(\frac{u\cdot N}{\varphi(z)}\right)\right\|_{H^{m-2}}
\le C_m\left(\|\nabla u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^{m-1}}\right), ∣ β ∣ ≤ 1 ∑ Z β ( φ ( z ) u ⋅ N ) H m − 2 ≤ C m ( ∥∇ u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m − 1 ) ,
which follows from u ⋅ n = 0 u\cdot n=0 u ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω .
Combining (99) –(101) , summing over ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 2 |\alpha|\le m-2 ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 2 , and using a partition of unity, we obtain (98) . This completes the proof.
Combining (98) with (92) , and using ε ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 ≤ E m \varepsilon\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2\le\mathcal{E}_m ε ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 ≤ E m , we obtain, for 0 < δ ≤ 1 0<\delta\le1 0 < δ ≤ 1 ,
( δ + ε ) ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (102) (\delta+\varepsilon)\int_0^t\|\nabla Z^{m-2}\operatorname{div}u\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau
\le C\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+C_m[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,d\tau. \tag*{(102)} ( δ + ε ) ∫ 0 t ∥∇ Z m − 2 div u ∥ L 2 2 d τ + δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C m [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (102)
Here C C C is independent of δ \delta δ and ε \varepsilon ε .
Normal derivative estimates
In order to estimate ∥ ∇ u ∥ H m − 1 \|\nabla u\|_{H^{m-1}} ∥∇ u ∥ H m − 1 , it remains to control the normal derivative near the boundary. Let χ \chi χ be a cut-off function compactly supported in one boundary coordinate patch and equal to one in a neighborhood of the boundary. The tangential derivatives satisfy
∥ χ ∂ y i u ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C ∥ u ∥ H m , i = 1 , 2. \|\chi\partial_{y_i}u\|_{H^{m-1}}\le C\|u\|_{H^m},\qquad i=1,2. ∥ χ ∂ y i u ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C ∥ u ∥ H m , i = 1 , 2.
Thus it suffices to estimate ∥ χ ∂ n u ∥ H m − 1 \|\chi\partial_nu\|_{H^{m-1}} ∥ χ ∂ n u ∥ H m − 1 .
In the local coordinates, one has
div u = ∂ n u ⋅ n + ( Π ∂ y 1 u ) 1 + ( Π ∂ y 2 u ) 2 , (103) \operatorname{div}u=\partial_nu\cdot n+(\Pi\partial_{y_1}u)_1+(\Pi\partial_{y_2}u)_2, \tag*{(103)} div u = ∂ n u ⋅ n + ( Π ∂ y 1 u ) 1 + ( Π ∂ y 2 u ) 2 , (103)
and
∂ n u = ( ∂ n u ⋅ n ) n + Π ( ∂ n u ) . (104) \partial_nu=(\partial_nu\cdot n)n+\Pi(\partial_nu). \tag*{(104)} ∂ n u = ( ∂ n u ⋅ n ) n + Π ( ∂ n u ) . (104)
It follows from (103) and (104) that
∥ χ ∂ n u ∥ H m − 1 ≤ ∥ χ ∂ n u ⋅ n ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m ( ∥ χ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . (105) \begin{aligned}
\|\chi\partial_nu\|_{H^{m-1}}
&\le\|\chi\partial_nu\cdot n\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|\chi\Pi(\partial_nu)\|_{H^{m-1}} \\
&\le C_m\left(\|\chi\operatorname{div}u\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|\chi\Pi(\partial_nu)\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^m}\right). \tag*{(105)}
\end{aligned} ∥ χ ∂ n u ∥ H m − 1 ≤ ∥ χ ∂ n u ⋅ n ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m ( ∥ χ div u ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . (105)
The terms ∥ u ∥ H m \|u\|_{H^m} ∥ u ∥ H m and ∥ χ div u ∥ H m − 1 \|\chi\operatorname{div}u\|_{H^{m-1}} ∥ χ div u ∥ H m − 1 have already been controlled in the previous estimates. Hence it is enough to estimate ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 \|\chi\Pi(\partial_nu)\|_{H^{m-1}} ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 .
We extend the boundary matrix B B B into the local coordinate patch by setting B ( y , z ) = B ( y ) B(y,z)=B(y) B ( y , z ) = B ( y ) . Define
η : = χ ( ω × n + Π ( B u ) ) = χ ( Π ( ω × n ) + Π ( B u ) ) . (106) \eta:=\chi(\omega\times n+\Pi(Bu))=\chi\bigl(\Pi(\omega\times n)+\Pi(Bu)\bigr). \tag*{(106)} η := χ ( ω × n + Π ( B u )) = χ ( Π ( ω × n ) + Π ( B u ) ) . (106)
By the Navier–slip boundary condition,
n × ω = [ B u ] τ on ∂ Ω , n\times\omega=[Bu]_\tau\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega, n × ω = [ B u ] τ on ∂ Ω ,
we have
η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0. (107) \eta|_{\partial\Omega}=0. \tag*{(107)} η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0. (107)
Moreover, since
ω × n = ( ∇ u − ( ∇ u ) T ) n , \omega\times n=(\nabla u-(\nabla u)^{T})n, ω × n = ( ∇ u − ( ∇ u ) T ) n ,
we can rewrite η \eta η as
η = χ [ Π ( ∂ n u ) − Π ( ∇ ( u ⋅ n ) ) + Π ( ( ∇ n ) T u ) + Π ( B u ) ] . (108) \eta=\chi\bigl[\Pi(\partial_nu)-\Pi(\nabla(u\cdot n))+\Pi((\nabla n)^{T}u)+\Pi(Bu)\bigr]. \tag*{(108)} η = χ [ Π ( ∂ n u ) − Π ( ∇ ( u ⋅ n )) + Π (( ∇ n ) T u ) + Π ( B u ) ] . (108)
Therefore,
∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . (109) \|\chi\Pi(\partial_nu)\|_{H^{m-1}}\leq C_{m+1}\bigl(\|\eta\|_{H^{m-1}}+\|u\|_{H^m}\bigr). \tag*{(109)} ∥ χ Π ( ∂ n u ) ∥ H m − 1 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 + ∥ u ∥ H m ) . (109)
It remains to estimate η \eta η .
Lemma 3.9. Let m ≥ 1 m\geq1 m ≥ 1 . Then it holds that
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ \sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\|\eta(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2+\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { ∥ η ( 0 ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ } . (110) \leq C_{m+2}\left\{\|\eta(0)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2+\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{H^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^tP(\mathcal E_m(\tau))\,d\tau\right\}. \tag*{(110)} ≤ C m + 2 { ∥ η ( 0 ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ } . (110)
Proof. Set
T f : = χ Π ( f × n ) , B f : = χ Π ( B f ) , L : = ρ ∂ t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ − μ ε Δ . Tf:=\chi\Pi(f\times n),\qquad\mathcal{B}f:=\chi\Pi(Bf),\qquad\mathcal{L}:=\rho\partial_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla-\mu\varepsilon\Delta. T f := χ Π ( f × n ) , B f := χ Π ( B f ) , L := ρ ∂ t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ − μ ε Δ.
Then
η = T ω + B u . \eta=T\omega+\mathcal{B}u. η = T ω + B u .
Taking curl to (24) , one obtains
ρ ω t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ω − μ ε Δ ω = F ω 0 + ∇ ρ × ∇ ϕ , (111) \rho\omega_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla\omega-\mu\varepsilon\Delta\omega=F_\omega^0+\nabla\rho\times\nabla\phi, \tag*{(111)} ρ ω t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ ω − μ ε Δ ω = F ω 0 + ∇ ρ × ∇ ϕ , (111)
where
F ω 0 : = − ∇ ρ × u t − ∇ ρ × ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) + ρ ( ω ⋅ ∇ ) u − ρ ( div u ) ω . F_\omega^0:=-\nabla\rho\times u_t-\nabla\rho\times(u\cdot\nabla u)+\rho(\omega\cdot\nabla)u-\rho(\operatorname{div}u)\omega. F ω 0 := − ∇ ρ × u t − ∇ ρ × ( u ⋅ ∇ u ) + ρ ( ω ⋅ ∇ ) u − ρ ( div u ) ω .
Using (111) and (24) , we get
ρ η t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ η − μ ε Δ η = F η 0 + F η E , η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0 , (112) \rho\eta_t+\rho u\cdot\nabla\eta-\mu\varepsilon\Delta\eta=F_\eta^0+F_\eta^E,\qquad\eta|_{\partial\Omega}=0, \tag*{(112)} ρ η t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ η − μ ε Δ η = F η 0 + F η E , η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0 , (112)
where
F η 0 : = T F ω 0 + B ( − ∇ p + ( μ + λ ) ε ∇ div u ) + R η , F_\eta^0:=TF_\omega^0+\mathcal{B}\bigl(-\nabla p+(\mu+\lambda)\varepsilon\nabla\operatorname{div}u\bigr)+R_\eta, F η 0 := T F ω 0 + B ( − ∇ p + ( μ + λ ) ε ∇ div u ) + R η ,
F η E : = T ( ∇ ρ × ∇ ϕ ) + B ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (113) F_\eta^E:=T(\nabla\rho\times\nabla\phi)+\mathcal{B}(\rho\nabla\phi). \tag*{(113)} F η E := T ( ∇ ρ × ∇ ϕ ) + B ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (113)
and
R η : = [ L , T ] ω + [ L , B ] u . \mathcal{R}_{\eta}:=[\mathcal{L},\mathcal{T}]_{\omega}+[\mathcal{L},\mathcal{B}]_{u}. R η := [ L , T ] ω + [ L , B ] u .
Here
[ L , T ] ω = L ( T ω ) − T ( L ω ) , [ L , B ] u = L ( B u ) − B ( L u ) . [\mathcal{L},\mathcal{T}]_{\omega}=\mathcal{L}(\mathcal{T}\omega)-\mathcal{T}(\mathcal{L}\omega),\qquad[\mathcal{L},\mathcal{B}]_{u}=\mathcal{L}(\mathcal{B}u)-\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{L}u). [ L , T ] ω = L ( T ω ) − T ( L ω ) , [ L , B ] u = L ( B u ) − B ( L u ) .
Applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α , ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 |\alpha|\le m-1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 , to (112) , we obtain
ρ ∂ t Z α η + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α η − μ ε Δ Z α η = Z α F η 0 + Z α F η E + C η α , (114) \rho\partial_t Z^\alpha\eta+\rho u\cdot\nabla Z^\alpha\eta-\mu\varepsilon\Delta Z^\alpha\eta=Z^\alpha F_\eta^0+Z^\alpha F_\eta^E+\mathcal{C}_\eta^\alpha, \tag*{(114)} ρ ∂ t Z α η + ρ u ⋅ ∇ Z α η − μ ε Δ Z α η = Z α F η 0 + Z α F η E + C η α , (114)
where
C η α : = − [ Z α , ρ ] η t − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] η + μ ε [ Z α , Δ ] η . (115) \mathcal{C}_\eta^\alpha:=-[Z^\alpha,\rho]\eta_t-[Z^\alpha,\rho u\cdot\nabla]\eta+\mu\varepsilon[Z^\alpha,\Delta]\eta. \tag*{(115)} C η α := − [ Z α , ρ ] η t − [ Z α , ρ u ⋅ ∇ ] η + μ ε [ Z α , Δ ] η . (115)
Multiplying (114) by Z α η Z^\alpha\eta Z α η and integrating over Ω \Omega Ω , using η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0 \eta|_{\partial\Omega}=0 η ∣ ∂ Ω = 0 , gives
1 2 d d t ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α η ∣ 2 d x + μ ε ∥ ∇ Z α η ∥ L 2 2 = ∫ Ω Z α F η 0 ⋅ Z α η d x + ∫ Ω Z α F η E ⋅ Z α η d x + ∫ Ω C η α ⋅ Z α η d x . (116) \frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\int_\Omega\rho|Z^\alpha\eta|^2\,dx+\mu\varepsilon\|\nabla Z^\alpha\eta\|_{L^2}^2
=
\int_\Omega Z^\alpha F_\eta^0\cdot Z^\alpha\eta\,dx+\int_\Omega Z^\alpha F_\eta^E\cdot Z^\alpha\eta\,dx+\int_\Omega\mathcal{C}_\eta^\alpha\cdot Z^\alpha\eta\,dx. \tag*{(116)} 2 1 d t d ∫ Ω ρ ∣ Z α η ∣ 2 d x + μ ε ∥∇ Z α η ∥ L 2 2 = ∫ Ω Z α F η 0 ⋅ Z α η d x + ∫ Ω Z α F η E ⋅ Z α η d x + ∫ Ω C η α ⋅ Z α η d x . (116)
By Proposition 2.2, Proposition 2.3, and Young’s inequality, together with the estimates obtained above,
∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω ( Z α F η 0 + C η α ) ⋅ Z α η d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (117) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|\le m-1}\int_0^t\left|\int_\Omega\left(Z^\alpha F_\eta^0+\mathcal{C}_\eta^\alpha\right)\cdot Z^\alpha\eta\,dx\right|\,d\tau
&\le\delta\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau\\
&\quad+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau. \tag*{(117)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω ( Z α F η 0 + C η α ) ⋅ Z α η d x d τ ≤ δ ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ . (117)
It remains to estimate the electric force term. The highest pure time derivative of ∇ p \nabla p ∇ p must be retained, just as in Lemma 3.8 . The time-integrated product estimate and the Poisson estimate give
∫ 0 t ∥ F η E ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 + P ( E m ( τ ) ) ) d τ . (118) \int_0^t\|F_\eta^E\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\left(\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2+P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(118)} ∫ 0 t ∥ F η E ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 + P ( E m ( τ )) ) d τ . (118)
More precisely, the only derivatives not controlled by E m \mathcal{E}_m E m occur in T ( ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ρ × ∇ ϕ ) \mathcal{T}(\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}\rho\times\nabla\phi) T ( ∇ ∂ t m − 1 ρ × ∇ ϕ ) . Since p = ρ γ p=\rho^\gamma p = ρ γ , their leading part is a bounded coefficient times ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p \nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p . Also ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 2 ≤ C E m \|\eta\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\le C\mathcal{E}_m ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 2 ≤ C E m . Estimating this leading part by Young’s inequality before using (92) , we obtain
∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α F η E ⋅ Z α η d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ ≤ C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (119) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|\le m-1}\int_0^t\left|\int_\Omega Z^\alpha F_\eta^E\cdot Z^\alpha\eta\,dx\right|\,d\tau
&\le\delta\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p\|_{L^2}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^tP(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau\\
&\le C\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^tP(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau. \tag*{(119)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α F η E ⋅ Z α η d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ∥ L 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ ≤ C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ . (119)
Summing (116) over ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 |\alpha|\le m-1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ m − 1 , integrating over [ 0 , t ] [0,t] [ 0 , t ] , and using (117) and (119) , we obtain
∥ η ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η ( 0 ) ∥ H m − 1 2 ) + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ + C ∫ 0 t ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ . \begin{aligned}
\|\eta(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau
&\le C_{m+2}\left(\|\eta(0)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\right)+\delta\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau\\
&\quad+C_\delta C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^tP(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau+C\int_0^t\|\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,d\tau.
\end{aligned} ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η ( 0 ) ∥ H m − 1 2 ) + δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ + C ∫ 0 t ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ .
Taking δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 sufficiently small and applying Gronwall’s inequality gives (110) . This completes the proof.
It follows from (103) –(105) that
∑ ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∥ Z β ∇ u ∥ 1 2 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ u ∥ H m 2 + ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k div u ∥ m − 1 − k 2 ) . (120) \sum_{|\beta|\le m-2}\left\|Z^\beta\nabla u\right\|_1^2 \le C_{m+1}\left(\|u\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\eta\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\|\partial_t^k\operatorname{div}u\|_{m-1-k}^2\right). \tag*{(120)} ∣ β ∣ ≤ m − 2 ∑ Z β ∇ u 1 2 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ u ∥ H m 2 + ∥ η ∥ H m − 1 2 + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∥ ∂ t k div u ∥ m − 1 − k 2 ) . (120)
Moreover,
∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥ ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (121) \int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\le C_{m+2}\int_0^t\left(\|\nabla u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\|\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\right)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(121)} ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 ∫ 0 t ( ∥∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ∥∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (121)
Similarly,
∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { ∫ 0 t ( ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 ) d τ + ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t k ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (122) \sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\int_0^t\|\nabla^2\partial_t^k u(\tau)\|_{m-1-k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau
\le C_{m+2}\left\{\int_0^t\left(\|\nabla u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2+\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\right)\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\int_0^t\|\partial_t^k\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{m-1-k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}\tau\right\}. \tag*{(122)} k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { ∫ 0 t ( ∥∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 + ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 ) d τ + k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t k ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ } . (122)
In addition,
ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 Z m − 2 u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (123) \varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla^2 Z^{m-2}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\le C_{m+1}\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-2}}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+C_{m+1}\int_0^t\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. \tag*{(123)} ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 Z m − 2 u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 1 ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 2 2 d τ + C m + 1 ∫ 0 t E m ( τ ) d τ . (123)
Taking δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 sufficiently small and using (45) , (66) , (80) , (88) , (92) , (102) , (110) , and (120) –(123) , we obtain
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t { E m ( τ ) + ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ∥ ( ∂ t m − 1 div u , ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ) ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 } + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ + ε ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t k ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ε ∑ k = 0 m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ } . (124) \begin{aligned}
&\sup_{0\le\tau\le t}\left\{\mathcal{E}_m(\tau)+\|\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2+\varepsilon\left\|\left(\partial_t^{m-1}\operatorname{div}u,\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla p\right)(\tau)\right\|_{L^2}^2\right\}\\
&\quad+\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla\eta(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\varepsilon\int_0^t\|\nabla u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^m}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\\
&\quad+\varepsilon\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\int_0^t\|\partial_t^k\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{m-1-k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\partial_t^{m-1}\nabla\operatorname{div}u(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\\
&\quad+\varepsilon\sum_{k=0}^{m-2}\int_0^t\|\nabla^2\partial_t^k u(\tau)\|_{m-1-k}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau+\varepsilon^2\int_0^t\|\nabla^2u(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m-1}}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\\
&\quad+\int_0^t\|\nabla\partial_t^{m-1}p(\tau)\|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau\\
&\le C_{m+2}\left\{\mathcal{E}_m(0)+[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^tP(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,\mathrm{d}\tau\right\}. \tag*{(124)}
\end{aligned} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup { E m ( τ ) + ∥ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 + ε ( ∂ t m − 1 div u , ∂ t m − 1 ∇ p ) ( τ ) L 2 2 } + ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ η ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + ε ∫ 0 t ∥∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H m 2 d τ + ε k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t k ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∂ t m − 1 ∇ div u ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ + ε k = 0 ∑ m − 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 ∂ t k u ( τ ) ∥ m − 1 − k 2 d τ + ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H m − 1 2 d τ + ∫ 0 t ∥∇ ∂ t m − 1 p ( τ ) ∥ L 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 { E m ( 0 ) + [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ } . (124)
L-infinity estimates
Lemma 3.10. Let m ≥ 6 m\ge6 m ≥ 6 . Then the following estimates hold:
∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) , m ≥ 2 + ∣ α ∣ . (125) \|Z^\alpha(\ln\rho,p,u)(t)\|_{L^\infty}^2\le CP\left(\Lambda_m^1(t)\right),\qquad m\ge2+|\alpha|. \tag*{(125)} ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) , m ≥ 2 + ∣ α ∣. (125) Moreover,
∥ ∇ ( ln ρ , p ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] , m ≥ 5. (126) \|\nabla(\ln\rho,p)(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^2\le C_3\left[P\left(\Lambda_m^1(t)\right)+P\left(\|\Delta p(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^1}^2\right)\right],\qquad m\ge5. \tag*{(126)} ∥∇ ( ln ρ , p ) ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] , m ≥ 5. (126)
and
∥ ∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( E m ( t ) ) , m ≥ 5. (127) \lVert\nabla\phi(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2} \le C_{3}P\left(\mathcal{E}_{m}(t)\right), \qquad m \ge5. \tag*{(127)} ∥ ∇ ϕ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( E m ( t ) ) , m ≥ 5. (127)
Furthermore,
∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] , m ≥ 5 , (128) \lVert\operatorname{div} u(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2} \le C_{3}\left[P\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t)\right)+P\left(\lVert\Delta p(t) \rVert_{H^{1}}^{2}\right)\right], \qquad m \ge5, \tag*{(128)} ∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] , m ≥ 5 , (128)
∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t ) ) , (129) \lVert\nabla\operatorname{div} u(t) \rVert_{L^{\infty}}^{2} \le C_{3}P(Q(t)), \tag*{(129)} ∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t )) , (129)
and, for any sufficiently small δ > 0 \delta> 0 δ > 0 ,
∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] [ C δ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + C δ P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + δ ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ] , m ≥ 6. (130) \begin{aligned}
\lVert\nabla\operatorname{div} u(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}
&\le C_{4}\left[1+P(Q(t))\right]\left[C_{\delta}P\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t)\right)+C_{\delta}P\left(\lVert\Delta p(t) \rVert_{H^{2}}^{2}\right)\right.\\
&\qquad\left.+\delta\lVert\Delta p(t) \rVert_{H^{2}}^{2}\right], \qquad m \ge6. \tag*{(130)}
\end{aligned} ∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t )) ] [ C δ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + C δ P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + δ ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ] , m ≥ 6. (130)
Consequently,
Q ( t ) ≤ C 4 sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t { P ( Λ m 1 ( τ ) ) + P ( E m ( τ ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 ) + ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + δ ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 } . (131) Q(t) \le C_{4}\sup_{0\le\tau\le t}\left\{P\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(\tau)\right)+P\left(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau)\right)+P\left(\lVert\Delta p(\tau) \rVert_{H^{1}}^{2}\right)+\lVert\nabla u(\tau) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}+\delta\lVert\Delta p(\tau) \rVert_{H^{2}}^{2}\right\}. \tag*{(131)} Q ( t ) ≤ C 4 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup { P ( Λ m 1 ( τ ) ) + P ( E m ( τ ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 ) + ∥ ∇ u ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + δ ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 } . (131)
Proof. We first estimate the lower-order L ∞ L^{\infty} L ∞ -norms. By Proposition 2.3, for m ≥ 2 + ∣ α ∣ m \ge2+|\alpha| m ≥ 2 + ∣ α ∣ ,
∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 2 ≤ C P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (132) \lVert Z^{\alpha}(\ln\rho,p,u) \rVert_{L^{\infty}}^{2}
\le C\left(\lVert\nabla Z^{\alpha}(\ln\rho,p,u) \rVert_{H^{1}}+\lVert Z^{\alpha}(\ln\rho,p,u) \rVert_{H^{1}}\right)\lVert Z^{\alpha}(\ln\rho,p,u) \rVert_{H^{2}}
\le CP\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t)\right). \tag*{(132)} ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ( ln ρ , p , u ) ∥ H 2 ≤ C P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) . (132)
where p = ρ γ p=\rho^{\gamma} p = ρ γ and Proposition 2.2 have been used. This proves (125) .
Next, applying the same anisotropic Sobolev estimate to Z α ∇ p Z^{\alpha}\nabla p Z α ∇ p , ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 |\alpha|\le1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 , gives
∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] . (133) \lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla p \rVert_{L^{\infty}}^{2}
\le C\left(\lVert\nabla Z^{\alpha}\nabla p \rVert_{H^{1}}+\lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla p \rVert_{H^{1}}\right)\lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla p \rVert_{H^{2}}
\le C_{3}\left[P\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t)\right)+P\left(\lVert\Delta p(t) \rVert_{H^{1}}^{2}\right)\right]. \tag*{(133)} ∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ∇ p ∥ H 2 ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] . (133)
Here the non-conormal second-order derivatives of p p p are recovered from Δ p \Delta p Δ p and tangential derivatives in local coordinates, namely
∥ ∇ 2 p ∥ H 1 ≤ C 3 ( ∥ Δ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ ∇ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ p ∥ H 3 ) . \lVert\nabla^{2}p \rVert_{H^{1}}\le C_{3}\left(\lVert\Delta p \rVert_{H^{1}}+\lVert\nabla p \rVert_{H^{1}}+\lVert p \rVert_{H^{3}}\right). ∥ ∇ 2 p ∥ H 1 ≤ C 3 ( ∥ Δ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ ∇ p ∥ H 1 + ∥ p ∥ H 3 ) .
Together with p = ρ γ p=\rho^{\gamma} p = ρ γ , this yields (126) .
For the electric potential, Proposition 2.3 and Proposition 2.4 imply
∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 2 ≤ C 3 P ( E m ( t ) ) , ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 , (134) \lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla\phi\rVert_{L^{\infty}}^{2}
\le C\left(\lVert\nabla Z^{\alpha}\nabla\phi\rVert_{H^{1}}+\lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla\phi\rVert_{H^{1}}\right)\lVert Z^{\alpha}\nabla\phi\rVert_{H^{2}}
\le C_{3}P\left(\mathcal{E}_{m}(t)\right), \qquad|\alpha|\le1, \tag*{(134)} ∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ∇ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 1 + ∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 1 ) ∥ Z α ∇ ϕ ∥ H 2 ≤ C 3 P ( E m ( t ) ) , ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 , (134)
which gives (127) .
We now estimate div u \operatorname{div}u div u . From (42) ,
div u = − ( ln ρ ) t − u ⋅ ∇ ln ρ . (135) \operatorname{div}u=-(\ln\rho)_{t}-u\cdot\nabla\ln\rho. \tag*{(135)} div u = − ( ln ρ ) t − u ⋅ ∇ ln ρ . (135)
Using Proposition 2.2, (125) , and (126) , we obtain
∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ ( ln ρ ) t ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ u ( t ) ⋅ ∇ ln ρ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ) ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] . (136) \lVert\operatorname{div}u(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}
\le C\left(\lVert(\ln\rho)_{t}(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}+\lVert u(t)\cdot\nabla\ln\rho(t) \rVert_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}\right)
\le C_{3}\left[P\left(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t)\right)+P\left(\lVert\Delta p(t) \rVert_{H^{1}}^{2}\right)\right]. \tag*{(136)} ∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥( ln ρ ) t ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ u ( t ) ⋅ ∇ ln ρ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ) ≤ C 3 [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ] . (136)
and hence (128) . Differentiating (135) once and using the preceding estimates gives
∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t ) ) , \left\|\nabla\operatorname{div}u(t)\right\|_{L^\infty}^{2}\le C_{3}P(Q(t)), ∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t )) ,
which is (129) .
It remains to estimate ∇ div u \nabla\operatorname{div}u ∇ div u in H 1 , ∞ \mathcal{H}^{1,\infty} H 1 , ∞ . Differentiating (135) , we have
∇ div u = − ∇ ( ln ρ ) t − ( ∇ u ) ∇ ln ρ − u ⋅ ∇ 2 ln ρ . \nabla\operatorname{div}u=-\nabla(\ln\rho)_{t}-(\nabla u)\nabla\ln\rho-u\cdot\nabla^{2}\ln\rho. ∇ div u = − ∇ ( ln ρ ) t − ( ∇ u ) ∇ ln ρ − u ⋅ ∇ 2 ln ρ .
Applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α , ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 |\alpha|\le1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 , and using Proposition 2.3, Proposition 2.2, and Young’s inequality, we get
∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + ∥ ∇ 2 p ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ] ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] { C δ P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) } + C 4 δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 . (137) \begin{aligned}
\left\|\nabla\operatorname{div}u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}
&\le C_{4}[1+P(Q(t))]\left[P(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t))+\left\|\nabla^{2}p(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}\right]\\
&\le C_{4}[1+P(Q(t))]\left\{C_{\delta}P(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t))+P\left(\left\|\Delta p(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}\right)\right\}\\
&\quad+C_{4}\delta[1+P(Q(t))]\left\|\Delta p(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}. \tag*{(137)}
\end{aligned} ∥ ∇ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] [ P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + ∇ 2 p ( t ) H 1 , ∞ 2 ] ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] { C δ P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) } + C 4 δ [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 . (137)
This proves (130) . Finally, (131) follows from (125) –(130) . This completes the proof.
Lemma 3.11. Let m ≥ 6 m\ge6 m ≥ 6 . Then
∥ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ( u 0 , ∇ u 0 ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ) + ε 2 t ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H 4 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ ) ) + P ( Q ( τ ) ) ] × [ 1 + ε 2 ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ] d τ . (138) \begin{aligned}
\left\|\nabla u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}
&\le C_{m+2}\left(\left\|(u_{0},\nabla u_{0})\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}+P(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t))+P\left(\left\|\Delta p(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}\right)\right)\\
&\quad+\varepsilon^{2}t\int_{0}^{t}\left\|\nabla^{2}u(\tau)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{4}}^{2}\,d\tau
+t\int_{0}^{t}\left[1+P(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(\tau))+P(Q(\tau))\right]\\
&\qquad\times\left[1+\varepsilon^{2}\left\|\Delta p(\tau)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\right]\,d\tau. \tag*{(138)}
\end{aligned} ∥ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ( u 0 , ∇ u 0 ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ) + ε 2 t ∫ 0 t ∇ 2 u ( τ ) H 4 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ )) + P ( Q ( τ )) ] × [ 1 + ε 2 ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ] d τ . (138)
Proof. The argument follows the L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -estimate for the boundary vorticity quantity in [34 ] , with additional electric terms treated by the Poisson estimates. Let χ 0 \chi_{0} χ 0 be a cut-off function supported away from the boundary, and let χ \chi χ be a cut-off function supported in a boundary coordinate patch. For the interior part, the standard Sobolev embedding gives, for ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 |\alpha|\le1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ 1 ,
∥ χ 0 Z α ∇ u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 + ∥ χ 0 ∇ u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ∥ u ( t ) ∥ H m 2 ≤ C Λ m 1 ( t ) . (139) \left\|\chi_{0}Z^{\alpha}\nabla u(t)\right\|_{L^\infty}^{2}+\left\|\chi_{0}\nabla u(t)\right\|_{L^\infty}^{2}\le C\left\|u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{m}}^{2}\le C\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t). \tag*{(139)} ∥ χ 0 Z α ∇ u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 + ∥ χ 0 ∇ u ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C ∥ u ( t ) ∥ H m 2 ≤ C Λ m 1 ( t ) . (139)
Thus it remains to estimate χ Z α ∇ u \chi Z^{\alpha}\nabla u χ Z α ∇ u and χ ∇ u \chi\nabla u χ ∇ u near the boundary.
In a boundary coordinate patch, write
x = Ψ n ( y , z ) = ( y ψ ( y ) ) − z n ( y ) , y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) , z ≥ 0 , x=\Psi^{n}(y,z)=\begin{pmatrix}y\\\psi(y)\end{pmatrix}-zn(y),\qquad y=(y_{1},y_{2}),\quad z\ge0, x = Ψ n ( y , z ) = ( y ψ ( y ) ) − z n ( y ) , y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) , z ≥ 0 ,
where y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) y=(y_{1},y_{2}) y = ( y 1 , y 2 ) is tangential and z z z is normal. For a function f f f , we denote its expression in these coordinates by
f ~ ( t , y , z ) : = f ( t , Ψ n ( y , z ) ) . \widetilde{f}(t,y,z):=f(t,\Psi^{n}(y,z)). f ( t , y , z ) := f ( t , Ψ n ( y , z )) .
Set
( η ~ , ρ ~ , u ~ ) ( t , y , z ) : = ( η , ρ , u ) ( t , Ψ n ( y , z ) ) . (\widetilde{\eta},\widetilde{\rho},\widetilde{u})(t,y,z):=(\eta,\rho,u)(t,\Psi^{n}(y,z)). ( η , ρ , u ) ( t , y , z ) := ( η , ρ , u ) ( t , Ψ n ( y , z )) .
The local decomposition of the gradient gives
∥ χ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ η ~ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ u ( t ) ∥ H 2 , ∞ 2 ) . (140) \left\|\chi\nabla u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}
\le C_{m+1}\left(\left\|\widetilde{\eta}(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}+\left\|\operatorname{div}u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}+\left\|u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2,\infty}}^{2}\right). \tag*{(140)} ∥ χ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 1 ( ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ div u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ u ( t ) ∥ H 2 , ∞ 2 ) . (140)
Hence, by Lemma 3.10,
∥ χ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η ~ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ) . (141) \left\|\chi\nabla u(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}
\le C_{m+2}\left(\left\|\widetilde{\eta}(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1,\infty}}^{2}+P(\Lambda_{m}^{1}(t))+P\left(\left\|\Delta p(t)\right\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}\right)\right). \tag*{(141)} ∥ χ ∇ u ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + P ( ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 1 2 ) ) . (141)
It remains to estimate η ˉ \bar{\eta} η ˉ .
By (112) , after transforming to the local coordinates, we have
ρ ~ ∂ t η ˉ + ρ ~ u ~ y ⋅ ∇ y η ˉ + ρ ~ ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ∂ z η ˉ − μ ε ∂ z z η ˉ = F ~ η 0 + F ~ η E + μ ε ( Δ ~ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ) (142) \tilde{\rho}\,\partial_t\bar{\eta}+\tilde{\rho}\,\tilde{u}_y\cdot\nabla_y\bar{\eta}+\tilde{\rho}(\tilde{u}\cdot n)\partial_z\bar{\eta}-\mu\varepsilon\,\partial_{zz}\bar{\eta}=\tilde{F}_\eta^0+\tilde{F}_\eta^E+\mu\varepsilon\left(\widetilde{\Delta}\eta-\partial_{zz}\bar{\eta}\right) \tag*{(142)} ρ ~ ∂ t η ˉ + ρ ~ u ~ y ⋅ ∇ y η ˉ + ρ ~ ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ∂ z η ˉ − μ ε ∂ z z η ˉ = F ~ η 0 + F ~ η E + μ ε ( Δ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ) (142)
with
η ˉ ∣ z = 0 = 0. \left.\bar{\eta}\right|_{z=0}=0. η ˉ ∣ z = 0 = 0.
Since u ⋅ n = 0 u\cdot n=0 u ⋅ n = 0 on ∂ Ω \partial\Omega ∂ Ω , we have
( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , 0 ) = 0. (\tilde{u}\cdot n)(t,y,0)=0. ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , 0 ) = 0.
Let
a ( t , y ) : = ∂ z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , 0 ) . a(t,y):=\partial_z(\tilde{u}\cdot n)(t,y,0). a ( t , y ) := ∂ z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , 0 ) .
Then
u ~ ⋅ n = z a ( t , y ) + [ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) ] . \tilde{u}\cdot n=za(t,y)+[\tilde{u}\cdot n-za(t,y)]. u ~ ⋅ n = z a ( t , y ) + [ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y )] .
Therefore, η ˉ \bar{\eta} η ˉ satisfies the following normal parabolic equation:
ρ ~ ∂ t η ˉ + ρ ~ u ~ y ⋅ ∇ y η ˉ + ρ ~ z a ( t , y ) ∂ z η ˉ − μ ε ∂ z z η ˉ = G , η ˉ ∣ z = 0 = 0 , (143) \tilde{\rho}\,\partial_t\bar{\eta}+\tilde{\rho}\,\tilde{u}_y\cdot\nabla_y\bar{\eta}+\tilde{\rho}\,za(t,y)\partial_z\bar{\eta}-\mu\varepsilon\,\partial_{zz}\bar{\eta}=G,\qquad\left.\bar{\eta}\right|_{z=0}=0, \tag*{(143)} ρ ~ ∂ t η ˉ + ρ ~ u ~ y ⋅ ∇ y η ˉ + ρ ~ z a ( t , y ) ∂ z η ˉ − μ ε ∂ z z η ˉ = G , η ˉ ∣ z = 0 = 0 , (143)
where
G : = F ~ η 0 + F ~ η E + μ ε ( Δ ~ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ) − ρ ~ [ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) ] ∂ z η ˉ . (144) G:=\tilde{F}_\eta^0+\tilde{F}_\eta^E+\mu\varepsilon\left(\widetilde{\Delta}\eta-\partial_{zz}\bar{\eta}\right)-\tilde{\rho}[\tilde{u}\cdot n-za(t,y)]\partial_z\bar{\eta}. \tag*{(144)} G := F ~ η 0 + F ~ η E + μ ε ( Δ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ) − ρ ~ [ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y )] ∂ z η ˉ . (144)
Set η ˉ 0 = η ˉ ( 0 , y , z ) \bar{\eta}_0=\bar{\eta}(0,y,z) η ˉ 0 = η ˉ ( 0 , y , z ) . Applying the L ∞ L^\infty L ∞ -estimate for the one-dimensional parabolic problem (143) , and using Proposition 2.2 , we get
∥ η ˉ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ η ˉ 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + t ∫ 0 t ∥ G ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ ) ) + P ( Q ( τ ) ) ] ∥ η ˉ ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 d τ ) (145) \|\bar{\eta}(t)\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\le C\left(\|\bar{\eta}_0\|_{H^1,\infty}^2+t\int_0^t\|G(\tau)\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\,d\tau+t\int_0^t[1+P(\Lambda_m^1(\tau))+P(Q(\tau))]\|\bar{\eta}(\tau)\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\,d\tau\right) \tag*{(145)} ∥ η ˉ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C ( ∥ η ˉ 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + t ∫ 0 t ∥ G ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ )) + P ( Q ( τ ))] ∥ η ˉ ( τ ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 d τ ) (145)
We now estimate G G G . The terms generated by F ~ η 0 \tilde{F}_\eta^0 F ~ η 0 , the coordinate part of the Laplacian, and the coefficient commutators satisfy
∥ F ~ η 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε 2 ∥ Δ ~ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 [ P ( Q ( t ) ) + P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + ε 2 ∥ ∇ 2 u ( t ) ∥ H 4 2 ] . (146) \|\tilde{F}_\eta^0\|_{H^1,\infty}^2+\varepsilon^2\|\widetilde{\Delta}\eta-\partial_{zz}\bar{\eta}\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\le C_{m+2}[P(Q(t))+P(\Lambda_m^1(t))+\varepsilon^2\|\nabla^2u(t)\|_{\mathcal{H}^4}^2]. \tag*{(146)} ∥ F ~ η 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε 2 ∥ Δ η − ∂ z z η ˉ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 [ P ( Q ( t )) + P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + ε 2 ∥ ∇ 2 u ( t ) ∥ H 4 2 ] . (146)
For the electric part, by (113) , Proposition 2.2 , and the elliptic estimate for the Poisson equation,
∥ F ~ η E ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ ∇ ρ × ∇ φ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ ρ ∇ φ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ) ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] P ( E m ( t ) ) . (147) \begin{aligned}
\|\tilde{F}_\eta^E(t)\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\le C_{m+2}\left(\|\nabla\rho\times\nabla\varphi\|_{H^1,\infty}^2+\|\rho\nabla\varphi\|_{H^1,\infty}^2\right) \\
&\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]P(\mathcal{E}_m(t)). \tag*{(147)}
\end{aligned} ∥ F ~ η E ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥∇ ρ × ∇ φ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ∥ ρ ∇ φ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ) ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] P ( E m ( t )) . (147)
It remains to control the last term in (144) . Since
u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) = ∫ 0 z ∫ 0 s ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , r ) d r d s , \tilde{u}\cdot n-za(t,y)=\int_0^z\int_0^s\partial_{zz}(\tilde{u}\cdot n)(t,y,r)\,dr\,ds, u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) = ∫ 0 z ∫ 0 s ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t , y , r ) d r d s ,
we have
∥ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) z ∥ L ∞ ≤ C ∥ ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ∥ L ∞ . \left\|\frac{\tilde{u}\cdot n-za(t,y)}{z}\right\|_{L^\infty}\le C\|\partial_{zz}(\tilde{u}\cdot n)\|_{L^\infty}. z u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) L ∞ ≤ C ∥ ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ∥ L ∞ .
Moreover, since n n n is independent of z z z in the normal coordinates,
∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) = ∂ z div u − ∂ z ( Π ∂ y 1 u ) 1 − ∂ z ( Π ∂ y 2 u ) 2 . (148) \partial_{zz}(\tilde{u}\cdot n)=\partial_z\operatorname{div}u-\partial_z(\Pi\partial_{y_1}u)_1-\partial_z(\Pi\partial_{y_2}u)_2. \tag*{(148)} ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) = ∂ z div u − ∂ z ( Π ∂ y 1 u ) 1 − ∂ z ( Π ∂ y 2 u ) 2 . (148)
Thus, by Lemma 3.10 and the local decomposition of ∇ u \nabla u ∇ u ,
∥ ∂ z z ( u ~ ⋅ n ) ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t ) ) . (149) \|\partial_{zz}(\widetilde{u}\cdot n)(t)\|_{L^\infty}^{2}\le C_{3}P(Q(t)). \tag*{(149)} ∥ ∂ z z ( u ⋅ n ) ( t ) ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C 3 P ( Q ( t )) . (149)
Consequently,
∥ ρ ~ [ u ~ ⋅ n − z a ( t , y ) ] ∂ z η ~ ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ( ∥ η ~ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) ) . (150) \|\widetilde{\rho}[\widetilde{u}\cdot n-za(t,y)]\partial_z\widetilde{\eta}\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}\le C_{4}[1+P(Q(t))]\left(\|\widetilde{\eta}(t)\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}+P(\Lambda_m^{1}(t))\right). \tag*{(150)} ∥ ρ [ u ⋅ n − z a ( t , y )] ∂ z η ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ( ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) ) . (150)
Combining (146) –(150) , we obtain
∥ G ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] [ ∥ η ~ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t ) ) + P ( E m ( t ) ) + ε 2 ∥ ∇ 2 u ( t ) ∥ H 4 2 + ε 2 ∥ Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ] . (151) \|G(t)\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}\le C_{4}[1+P(Q(t))]\left[\|\widetilde{\eta}(t)\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}+P(\Lambda_m^{1}(t))+P(\mathcal{E}_m(t))+\varepsilon^{2}\|\nabla^{2}u(t)\|_{H^{4}}^{2}+\varepsilon^{2}\|\Delta p(t)\|_{H^{2}}^{2}\right]. \tag*{(151)} ∥ G ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C 4 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] [ ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + P ( Λ m 1 ( t )) + P ( E m ( t )) + ε 2 ∥ ∇ 2 u ( t ) ∥ H 4 2 + ε 2 ∥Δ p ( t ) ∥ H 2 2 ] . (151)
Substituting (151) into (145) and applying Gronwall’s inequality yields
∥ η ~ ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η ~ 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε 2 t ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H 4 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ ) ) + P ( Q ( τ ) ) ] [ 1 + ε 2 ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ] d τ ) . (152) \|\widetilde{\eta}(t)\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}\le C_{m+2}\left(\|\widetilde{\eta}_{0}\|_{H^{1,\infty}}^{2}+\varepsilon^{2}t\int_{0}^{t}\|\nabla^{2}u(\tau)\|_{H^{4}}^{2}\,d\tau+t\int_{0}^{t}[1+P(\Lambda_m^{1}(\tau))+P(Q(\tau))][1+\varepsilon^{2}\|\Delta p(\tau)\|_{H^{2}}^{2}]\,d\tau\right). \tag*{(152)} ∥ η ( t ) ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 ≤ C m + 2 ( ∥ η 0 ∥ H 1 , ∞ 2 + ε 2 t ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ( τ ) ∥ H 4 2 d τ + t ∫ 0 t [ 1 + P ( Λ m 1 ( τ )) + P ( Q ( τ ))] [ 1 + ε 2 ∥Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ] d τ ) . (152)
Finally, from (108) , (109) , (141) , (139) , and (152) , we obtain (138) . This completes the proof.
Lemma 3.12. Let m ≥ 6 m\ge6 m ≥ 6 and 0 ≤ t ≤ min { T , 1 } 0\le t\le\min\{T,1\} 0 ≤ t ≤ min { T , 1 } . Then
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ( ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ P ( ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X m 2 ) + [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ X m 2 ) d τ ] . (153) \sup_{0\le\tau\le t}\left(\|\Delta p(\tau)\|_{H^{1}}^{2}+\varepsilon\|\Delta p(\tau)\|_{H^{2}}^{2}\right)+\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta p(\tau)\|_{H^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau
\le C_{m+2}\left[P\left(\|(p_{0},u_{0},\nabla\phi_{0})\|_{X_{m}^{2}}\right)+[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P\left(\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(\tau)\|_{X_{m}^{2}}\right)\,d\tau\right]. \tag*{(153)} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ( ∥Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + ∫ 0 t ∥Δ p ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ P ( ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X m 2 ) + [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ X m 2 ) d τ ] . (153)
Proof. Let
q = ln ρ , u ˙ = u t + u ⋅ ∇ u . q=\ln\rho,\qquad\dot{u}=u_{t}+u\cdot\nabla u. q = ln ρ , u ˙ = u t + u ⋅ ∇ u .
Taking divergence of (24) gives
− ε Δ div u + 1 2 μ + λ Δ p = − 1 2 μ + λ div ( ρ u ˙ ) + 1 2 μ + λ div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (154) -\varepsilon\Delta\operatorname{div}u+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\Delta p=-\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi). \tag*{(154)} − ε Δ div u + 2 μ + λ 1 Δ p = − 2 μ + λ 1 div ( ρ u ˙ ) + 2 μ + λ 1 div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (154)
On the other hand, the continuity equation gives
q t + u ⋅ ∇ q + div u = 0. q_{t}+u\cdot\nabla q+\operatorname{div}u=0. q t + u ⋅ ∇ q + div u = 0.
Hence
− Δ div u = ( Δ q ) t + u ⋅ ∇ Δ q + Δ u ⋅ ∇ q + 2 ∑ i = 1 3 ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q . -\Delta\operatorname{div}u=(\Delta q)_{t}+u\cdot\nabla\Delta q+\Delta u\cdot\nabla q+2\sum_{i=1}^{3}\partial_{i}u\cdot\nabla\partial_{i}q. − Δ div u = ( Δ q ) t + u ⋅ ∇Δ q + Δ u ⋅ ∇ q + 2 i = 1 ∑ 3 ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q .
Substituting this identity into (154) , we obtain
ε ( Δ q ) t + ε u ⋅ ∇ Δ q + 1 2 μ + λ Δ p = − ε Δ u ⋅ ∇ q − 2 ε ∑ i = 1 3 ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q − 1 2 μ + λ div ( ρ u ˙ ) + 1 2 μ + λ div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (155) \varepsilon(\Delta q)_{t}+\varepsilon u\cdot\nabla\Delta q+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\Delta p
=-\varepsilon\Delta u\cdot\nabla q-2\varepsilon\sum_{i=1}^{3}\partial_{i}u\cdot\nabla\partial_{i}q-\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi). \tag*{(155)} ε ( Δ q ) t + ε u ⋅ ∇Δ q + 2 μ + λ 1 Δ p = − ε Δ u ⋅ ∇ q − 2 ε i = 1 ∑ 3 ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q − 2 μ + λ 1 div ( ρ u ˙ ) + 2 μ + λ 1 div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) . (155)
We follow the argument of [34 Lemma 3.16] , with the additional electric term estimated by the preceding Poisson estimates. Applying Z α Z^\alpha Z α , ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 |\alpha| \le2 ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 , to (155) , multiplying by Z α Δ q Z^\alpha\Delta q Z α Δ q , and integrating over Ω \Omega Ω , we get
ε 2 d d t ∥ Z α Δ q ∥ L 2 2 + 1 2 μ + λ ∫ Ω Z α Δ p Z α Δ q d x = − ε ∫ Ω Z α ( u ⋅ ∇ Δ q ) Z α Δ q d x − ε ∫ Ω Z α ( Δ u ⋅ ∇ q ) Z α Δ q d x − 2 ε ∑ i = 1 3 ∫ Ω Z α ( ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q ) Z α Δ q d x − 1 2 μ + λ ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ u ˙ ) Z α Δ q d x + 1 2 μ + λ ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) Z α Δ q d x . (156) \begin{aligned}
\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\frac{d}{dt}\|Z^\alpha\Delta q\|_{L^2}^2
&+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha\Delta p Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx \\
&=-\varepsilon\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha(u\cdot\nabla\Delta q)Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx
-\varepsilon\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha(\Delta u\cdot\nabla q)Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx \\
&\quad-2\varepsilon\sum_{i=1}^{3}\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha(\partial_i u\cdot\nabla\partial_i q)Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx
-\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx \\
&\quad+\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi)Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx. \tag*{(156)}
\end{aligned} 2 ε d t d ∥ Z α Δ q ∥ L 2 2 + 2 μ + λ 1 ∫ Ω Z α Δ p Z α Δ q d x = − ε ∫ Ω Z α ( u ⋅ ∇Δ q ) Z α Δ q d x − ε ∫ Ω Z α ( Δ u ⋅ ∇ q ) Z α Δ q d x − 2 ε i = 1 ∑ 3 ∫ Ω Z α ( ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q ) Z α Δ q d x − 2 μ + λ 1 ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ u ˙ ) Z α Δ q d x + 2 μ + λ 1 ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) Z α Δ q d x . (156)
We first estimate the electric term. As in (40) , the Poisson equation yields
div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ ϕ + ρ ( ρ − 1 ) . \operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi)=\nabla\rho\cdot\nabla\phi+\rho(\rho-1). div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) = ∇ ρ ⋅ ∇ ϕ + ρ ( ρ − 1 ) .
By Proposition 2.2 and Proposition 2.4,
∫ 0 t ∥ div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . \int_{0}^{t}\|\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi)\|_{H^2}^{2}\,d\tau
\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau. ∫ 0 t ∥ div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ .
Therefore, Young’s inequality gives
∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) Z α Δ q d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (157) \sum_{|\alpha|\le2}\int_{0}^{t}\left|\int_{\Omega} Z^\alpha\operatorname{div}(\rho\nabla\phi)Z^\alpha\Delta q\,dx\right|\,d\tau
\le\delta\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^{2}\,d\tau+C_{\delta}C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau. \tag*{(157)} ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ ∇ ϕ ) Z α Δ q d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ . (157)
Next, since p = e γ q p=e^{\gamma q} p = e γ q ,
Δ p = γ p Δ q + γ 2 p ∣ ∇ q ∣ 2 , Z α Δ p = γ p Z α Δ q + γ [ Z α , p ] Δ q + γ 2 Z α ( p ∣ ∇ q ∣ 2 ) . \Delta p=\gamma p\Delta q+\gamma^2p|\nabla q|^2,\qquad
Z^\alpha\Delta p=\gamma pZ^\alpha\Delta q+\gamma[Z^\alpha,p]\Delta q+\gamma^2Z^\alpha(p|\nabla q|^2). Δ p = γ p Δ q + γ 2 p ∣∇ q ∣ 2 , Z α Δ p = γ p Z α Δ q + γ [ Z α , p ] Δ q + γ 2 Z α ( p ∣∇ q ∣ 2 ) .
Using the positive lower bound of p p p and Proposition 2.2, we obtain
1 2 μ + λ ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α Δ p Z α Δ q d x d τ ≥ c ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ − C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ ) ) + ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) d τ . (158) \begin{aligned}
\frac{1}{2\mu+\lambda}\sum_{|\alpha|\le2}\int_{0}^{t}\int_{\Omega}Z^\alpha\Delta pZ^\alpha\Delta q\,dx\,d\tau
\ge{}&c\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^{2}\,d\tau\\
&-C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}\left(P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))+\|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^{2}\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(158)}
\end{aligned} 2 μ + λ 1 ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α Δ p Z α Δ q d x d τ ≥ c ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ − C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ )) + ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) d τ . (158)
The remaining terms are estimated as in [34 (3.187)–(3.192)] . We give the estimates here for completeness. By the momentum equation, (129) , and Lemma 3.8 at the lower orders, we have
ε 2 ∥ Δ u ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] , \varepsilon^2\|\Delta u\|_{L^\infty}^{2}\le C[1+P(Q(t))], ε 2 ∥Δ u ∥ L ∞ 2 ≤ C [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ,
ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ u ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . \varepsilon^2\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta u\|_{H^2}^{2}\,d\tau
\le C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\,d\tau. ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥Δ u ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ .
The electric force ρ ∇ ϕ \rho\nabla\phi ρ ∇ ϕ in these estimates is controlled by the same product and Poisson estimates used in (97) . Together with Proposition 2.3, the local decomposition of the Laplacian, and Young’s inequality, this gives
ε ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α ( Δ u ⋅ ∇ q ) Z α Δ q d x ∣ d τ + 2 ε ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ i = 1 3 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α ( ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q ) Z α Δ q d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ ) ) + ε 2 ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) ) d τ . (159) \begin{aligned}
\varepsilon\sum_{|\alpha|\leq2}\int_{0}^{t}\left|\int_{\Omega} Z^{\alpha}(\Delta u\cdot\nabla q)Z^{\alpha}\Delta q\,dx\right|\,d\tau\\
&+2\varepsilon\sum_{|\alpha|\leq2}\sum_{i=1}^{3}\int_{0}^{t}\left|\int_{\Omega} Z^{\alpha}(\partial_i u\cdot\nabla\partial_i q)Z^{\alpha}\Delta q\,dx\right|\,d\tau\\
&\leq\delta\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau+C_{\delta}\varepsilon^{2}\int_{0}^{t}\|\nabla^{2}u\|_{\mathcal{H}^{3}}^{2}\,d\tau\\
&+C_{\delta}C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}\left(P(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau))+\varepsilon^{2}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}+P(\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2})\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(159)}
\end{aligned} ε ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( Δ u ⋅ ∇ q ) Z α Δ q d x d τ + 2 ε ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ i = 1 ∑ 3 ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( ∂ i u ⋅ ∇ ∂ i q ) Z α Δ q d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ )) + ε 2 ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) ) d τ . (159)
For the transport term, integration by parts, u ⋅ n = 0 u\cdot n=0 u ⋅ n = 0 , and the Hardy inequality for ( u ⋅ N ) / φ ( z ) (u\cdot N)/\varphi(z) ( u ⋅ N ) / φ ( z ) yield
ε ∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α ( u ⋅ ∇ Δ q ) Z α Δ q d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ ) ) + ε 2 ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 ) d τ . (160) \begin{aligned}
\varepsilon\sum_{|\alpha|\leq2}\int_{0}^{t}\left|\int_{\Omega} Z^{\alpha}(u\cdot\nabla\Delta q)Z^{\alpha}\Delta q\,dx\right|\,d\tau\\
&\leq\delta\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau+C_{\delta}\varepsilon^{2}\int_{0}^{t}\|\nabla^{2}u\|_{\mathcal{H}^{3}}^{2}\,d\tau\\
&+C_{\delta}C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}\left(P(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau))+\varepsilon^{2}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(160)}
\end{aligned} ε ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α ( u ⋅ ∇Δ q ) Z α Δ q d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( P ( E m ( τ )) + ε 2 ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 ) d τ . (160)
For the material derivative term, we use
div ( ρ u ˙ ) = ρ ( div u ) t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ div u + ∇ ρ ⋅ u ˙ + ρ ∑ i , j = 1 3 ∂ i u j ∂ j u i . \operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})=\rho(\operatorname{div}u)_{t}+\rho u\cdot\nabla\operatorname{div}u+\nabla\rho\cdot\dot{u}+\rho\sum_{i,j=1}^{3}\partial_i u_j\partial_j u_i. div ( ρ u ˙ ) = ρ ( div u ) t + ρ u ⋅ ∇ div u + ∇ ρ ⋅ u ˙ + ρ i , j = 1 ∑ 3 ∂ i u j ∂ j u i .
Using (3.19), the Hardy inequality, and Proposition 2.2, we obtain
∫ 0 t ∥ div ( ρ u ˙ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . \int_{0}^{t}\|\operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau\leq C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau))\,d\tau. ∫ 0 t ∥ div ( ρ u ˙ ) ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ .
Consequently,
∑ ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∫ 0 t ∣ ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ u ˙ ) Z α Δ q d x ∣ d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ ) ) d τ . (161) \begin{aligned}
\sum_{|\alpha|\leq2}\int_{0}^{t}\left|\int_{\Omega}Z^{\alpha}\operatorname{div}(\rho\dot{u})Z^{\alpha}\Delta q\,dx\right|\,d\tau\\
&\leq\delta\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau+C_{\delta}C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}P(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau))\,d\tau. \tag*{(161)}
\end{aligned} ∣ α ∣ ≤ 2 ∑ ∫ 0 t ∫ Ω Z α div ( ρ u ˙ ) Z α Δ q d x d τ ≤ δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( E m ( τ )) d τ . (161)
Combining (3.133)–(3.138) and choosing δ > 0 \delta>0 δ > 0 sufficiently small, we obtain
ε sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ∥ Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 + c ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε ∥ Δ q 0 ∥ H 2 2 + C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( ε ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 ) + P ( E m ( τ ) ) ) d τ . (162) \begin{aligned}
\varepsilon\sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\|\Delta q(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}+c\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau\\
&\leq C\varepsilon\|\Delta q_{0}\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}+C\varepsilon^{2}\int_{0}^{t}\|\nabla^{2}u\|_{\mathcal{H}^{3}}^{2}\,d\tau\\
&+C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_{0}^{t}\left(\varepsilon\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}+P(\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}})+P(\mathcal{E}_{m}(\tau))\right)\,d\tau. \tag*{(162)}
\end{aligned} ε 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ∥Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 + c ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C ε ∥Δ q 0 ∥ H 2 2 + C ε 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ ∇ 2 u ∥ H 3 2 d τ + C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( ε ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 ) + P ( E m ( τ )) ) d τ . (162)
On the other hand, since ∂ t \partial_t ∂ t commutes with the conormal vector fields, the fundamental theorem of calculus gives
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ∥ Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 ≤ ∥ Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + 2 ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 ∥ ∂ t Δ q ∥ H 1 d τ ≤ ∥ Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 d τ . (163) \begin{aligned}
\sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\|\Delta q(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}\leq\|\Delta q_{0}\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}+2\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}\|\partial_t\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}\,d\tau\\
&\leq\|\Delta q_{0}\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}+\delta\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{2}}^{2}\,d\tau+C_{\delta}\int_{0}^{t}\|\Delta q\|_{\mathcal{H}^{1}}^{2}\,d\tau. \tag*{(163)}
\end{aligned} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ∥Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 ≤ ∥Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + 2 ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 ∥ ∂ t Δ q ∥ H 1 d τ ≤ ∥Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ + C δ ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 d τ . (163)
Taking δ < c / 2 \delta< c/2 δ < c /2 , adding (163) to (162) , and using (124) , we get
sup 0 ≤ τ ≤ t ( ∥ Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥ Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + ∫ 0 t ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∥ Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥ Δ q 0 ∥ H 2 2 + E m ( 0 ) ) (164) \sup_{0\leq\tau\leq t}\left(\|\Delta q(\tau)\|_{H^1}^2+\varepsilon\|\Delta q(\tau)\|_{H^2}^2\right)+\int_0^t\|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}\tau
\leq C\left(\|\Delta q_0\|_{H^1}^2+\varepsilon\|\Delta q_0\|_{H^2}^2+\mathcal{E}_m(0)\right) \tag*{(164)} 0 ≤ τ ≤ t sup ( ∥Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥Δ q ( τ ) ∥ H 2 2 ) + ∫ 0 t ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 d τ ≤ C ( ∥Δ q 0 ∥ H 1 2 + ε ∥Δ q 0 ∥ H 2 2 + E m ( 0 ) ) (164)
+ C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t ( ε ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ( τ ) ) ) d τ . {}+C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t\left(\varepsilon\|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^2+P(\|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^2)+P(\mathcal{E}_m(\tau))\right)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. + C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t ( ε ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ( τ )) ) d τ .
It remains to return from q q q to p p p . By p = e γ q p=e^{\gamma q} p = e γ q , Proposition 2.2, and the anisotropic Sobolev inequality, we have, as in [34 (3.148)] ,
∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ≤ C [ P ( ∥ Δ p ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] , \|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^2\leq C\left[P\left(\|\Delta p\|_{H^1}^2\right)+P(\mathcal{E}_m)\right], ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ≤ C [ P ( ∥Δ p ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] ,
∥ Δ p ∥ H 1 2 ≤ C [ P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] , \|\Delta p\|_{H^1}^2\leq C\left[P\left(\|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^2\right)+P(\mathcal{E}_m)\right], ∥Δ p ∥ H 1 2 ≤ C [ P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] ,
∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 ≤ C [ ∥ Δ p ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] , \|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^2\leq C\left[\|\Delta p\|_{H^2}^2+P\left(\|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^2\right)+P(\mathcal{E}_m)\right], ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 ≤ C [ ∥Δ p ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] ,
∥ Δ p ∥ H 2 2 ≤ C [ ∥ Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥ Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] . (165) \|\Delta p\|_{H^2}^2\leq C\left[\|\Delta q\|_{H^2}^2+P\left(\|\Delta q\|_{H^1}^2\right)+P(\mathcal{E}_m)\right]. \tag*{(165)} ∥Δ p ∥ H 2 2 ≤ C [ ∥Δ q ∥ H 2 2 + P ( ∥Δ q ∥ H 1 2 ) + P ( E m ) ] . (165)
Thus the initial terms in (164) are bounded by C P ( ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X m 2 ) CP(\|(p_0,u_0,\nabla\phi_0)\|_{\mathcal{X}_m}^2) C P ( ∥ ( p 0 , u 0 , ∇ ϕ 0 ) ∥ X m 2 ) , and its time integral is bounded by
C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ) ) ] ∫ 0 t P ( ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ X m 2 ) d τ . C_{m+2}[1+P(Q(t))]\int_0^t P(\|(p,u,\nabla\phi)(\tau)\|_{\mathcal{X}_m}^2)\,\mathrm{d}\tau. C m + 2 [ 1 + P ( Q ( t ))] ∫ 0 t P ( ∥ ( p , u , ∇ ϕ ) ( τ ) ∥ X m 2 ) d τ .
Finally, applying (165) to the endpoint norms and the time integral, using (124) , and enlarging P P P by Hölder’s inequality in time, we obtain (153) . This completes the proof.
Proofs of Theorem 1.1 and Theorem 1.2
With the uniform a priori estimates established in Section 3, the proofs of the local existence of solutions on a time interval [ 0 , T 0 ] [0,T_0] [ 0 , T 0 ] independent of ε \varepsilon ε , the uniform regularity stated in Theorem 1.1, and the inviscid convergence stated in Theorem 1.2 become standard, following the compactness argument for the Navier–Stokes equations with Navier boundary condition in [22 ] . Indeed, one may first mollify the initial data so that the classical local well-posedness theory for the viscous problem applies. The uniform estimates obtained in Section 3, together with a continuous induction argument, yield a lifespan independent of ε \varepsilon ε and the bound in Theorem 1.1. Passing to the limit ε → 0 \varepsilon\to0 ε → 0 by compactness, and using the standard elliptic estimates for the Poisson equation, gives a solution to the Euler–Poisson system (1.4) with boundary condition (1.5). The Lipschitz bound contained in the uniform estimates gives uniqueness of both the viscous solution and the limiting Euler–Poisson solution, hence the whole family converges to the unique limit. This proves Theorems 1.1 and 1.2. We omit the details.
Acknowledgements
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12471198, No. 12431018).
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