Bounded solutions in incompressible hydrodynamics

Abstract

In this article, we study bounded solutions of Euler-type equations on Rd which have no integrability at |x|→+∞. As has been previously noted, such solutions fail to achieve uniqueness in an initial value problem, even under strong smoothness conditions. This contrasts with well-posedness results that have been obtained by using the Leray projection operator in these equations. This apparent paradox is solved by noting that using the Leray projector requires an extra condition the solutions must fulfill at |x|→+∞. Our goal is to find one such condition which is sharp. We then apply the methods we develop to prove a full uniqueness result for Besov-Lipschitz solutions, as to the theory of Serfati solutions. In the last Section, we see how these techniques also apply to the Elsässer variables used in ideal MHD.