Another computer-assisted proof of unimodality of solutions for Proudman–Johnson equation

Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents a computer-assisted proof of the existence and unimodality of steady-state solutions for the Proudman–Johnson equation which is representative of two-dimensional fluid flow. The proposed approach is based on an infinite-dimensional fixed-point theorem with interval arithmetic, and is another proof by Miyaji and Okamoto (Jpn J Ind Appl Math 36:287–298, 2019). Verification results show the validity of both proofs.