A simplified version of the abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem with weak singularities
A simplified version of the abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem with weak singularities
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具有弱奇点的抽象 Cauchy-Kowalewski 定理的简化版本
DOI:
10.1090/s0273-0979-1990-15962-2
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发表时间:
1990
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1.3
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R. Caflisch
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R. Caflisch
A simplified version of the abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem of Nirenberg [9], Ovsjannikov [12], Nishida [10], Baouendi and Goulaouic [3], and Asano [1] is presented. The new version requires more specific information on the form of the equation but recovers a stronger result in that the region of existence is not forced to shrink at each step of an iteration and that weak singularities are allowed along the boundary of the region of existence. The Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem is the basic existence theorem for analytic solutions of partial differential equations and in its abstract form [1, 3, 9, 10, 12] can be applied to equations that involve nonlocal operators, such as the water wave equations [8], the Boltzmann equation in the fluid dynamic limit [11], the incompressible fluid equations in the zero-viscosity limit [2] and the vortex sheet equations [4-6, 13]. The proof of the abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem in [1, 3, 9, 10, 12] is of "Nash-Moser type" in that it requires a loss in the size of the existence region at each step of an iteration (but without use of Newton iteration). The purpose of this paper is to present a new version of the abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem that does not use a "NashMoser type" proof. The domain of existence does not shrink at each step of the iteration, and in addition mild singularities are allowed at the boundary of the existence region. The main significance of this new version is that the simpler proof makes it more adaptable to new applications and that more control over the region of existence allows solution of problems with singularities. The new version of the theorem does require more information on the structure of the equation. However these new hypotheReceived by the editors May 30, 1989 and, in revised form, July 12, 1989. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification (1985 Revision). Primary 35A10. Research supported in party by the Air Force office of Scientific Research under URI grant 860352. © 1990 American Mathematical Society 0273-0979/90 $1.00+ $.25 per page 495 License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see https://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use 496 RUSSEL E. CAFLISCH ses are valid for most of the applications of the theorem. For the applications in [4-6, 8, 13] the hypotheses are easily verified; verification for the more complicated applications in [2, 11] has not yet been completed. This new version of the abstract CauchyKowalewski theorem is used in [7] for construction of vortex sheet solutions with singularities. The result is stated in a family of Banach spaces B for 0 < P < Po> with norm || • || such that Bp, c Bp and ||w|| < ||w|| / for 0 < p < p < pQ . Consider the problem (1) ut = A(u,t), (2) w(0) = 0, with u = u(t), as a differential equation in the family of spaces B . The statement of the theorem also uses a linear operator D which maps B , continuously into B for any 0 < p < p < p0 . In addition suppose that 0 < /? < 1 and define the norm (3) M u | | |= sup {\\u(t)\\p + (p0-p-t) \\Du(t)\\p}. 0<p<p0 0<t<p0-p Assume that A satisfies the following conditions: There are positive constants e and R such that (i) A(', t) maps BpC\{u: \\u\\ < R, } into B , continuously in u and t, for 0 < p < p < pQ t. (ii) If w, w, Du, DweBp, with \\u\\p,<R, \\w\\p,<R, then \\A(u,t)-A(w,t)\\p {) <e{(\ + \\Du, Dw\\p)\\u w\\p + \\D(u w)\\p}, (5) \\DA(u9t)-DA(w,t)\\p < e(p Py {(l + \\Du, Z)ti;||pOII« ^11/ + \\D(u w)\\p,}9 for 0 < p < p < pQ t. (iii) For 0 < p < p0t, (6) UW,t)\\p<e{pz-p-t)p 9 (7) \\DA(Q,t)\\ <e(p0-p-t)-. License or copyright restrictions may apply to redistribution; see https://www.ams.org/journal-terms-of-use SIMPLIFIED ABSTRACT CAUCHY-KOWALEWSKI THEOREM 497 These hypotheses have the following interpretation: The operator D will usually be d/dz. Then (4) says that A acts like a function of u times uz, and (5) is the Cauchy estimate on the derivative of A . The function space B will consist of functions that are analytic and bounded in {z : | Im z\ < p} with a norm like ||w|| = sup| Imz, \u\ (or the related norm in (25) below). Finally (6) and (7) allow A to have a singularity on | Imz| = pQ t. It will also be assumed that e is small, which, by rescaling of t or u, is equivalent to existence for a short time or for small nonlinearity. The notation | | / , g i | = ||/|| + ||g|| has been used to save space. Theorem. For any positive R and p0 and any 0 < /? < 1 there are numbers e0 > 0 and 0 < a < R, such that for 0 < e < e0 and for A satisfying assumptions (i)-(iii), the system (1), (2) has a solution u(t) G B for 0 < p < p0 t with \\\ u \\\ < a. In other words there is a solution u(t) in B with \\u(t)\\<a, (8) for 0<t< p0Proof. Solve (1),