Quantitative Hölder estimates for even singular integral operators on patches

Abstract

In this paper we show a constructive method to obtain C˙σ estimates of even singular integral operators on characteristic functions of domains with C1+σ regularity, 0<σ<1. This kind of functions were shown in first place to be bounded (classically only in the BMO space) to obtain global regularity for the vortex patch problem [5,2]. This property has then been applied to solve different type of problems in harmonic analysis and PDEs. Going beyond in regularity, the functions are discontinuous on the boundary of the domains, but C˙σ in each side. This C˙σ regularity has been bounded by the C1+σ norm of the domain [8,14,16]. Here we provide a quantitative bound linear in terms of the C1+σ regularity of the domain. This estimate shows explicitly the dependence of the lower order norm and the non-self-intersecting property of the boundary of the domain. As an application, this quantitative estimate is used in a crucial manner to the free boundary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations providing new global-in-time regularity results in the case of viscosity contrast [12].