Characteristic boundary value problems: estimates from H1 to L2

Motivated by the study of certain non linear free-boundary value problems for hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations arising in Magneto-Hydrodynamics, in this paper we show that an a priori estimate of the solution to certain boundary value problems, in the conormal Sobolev space H1_tan, can be transformed into an L2 a priori estimate of the same problem

Two-Dimensional Vortex Sheets for the Nonisentropic Euler Equations: Nonlinear Stability

We show the short-time existence and nonlinear stability of vortex sheets for the nonisentropic compressible Euler equations in two spatial dimensions, based on the weakly linear stability result of Morando--Trebeschi (2008) [20]. The missing normal derivatives are compensated through the equations of the linearized vorticity and entropy when deriving higher-order energy estimates. The proof of the resolution for this nonlinear problem follows from certain \emph{a priori} tame estimates on the effective linear problem {in the usual Sobolev spaces} and a suitable Nash--Moser iteration scheme.Comment: to appear in: J. Differential Equations 2018. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1707.0267

Well-posedness of the linearized problem for contact MHD discontinuities

We study the free boundary problem for contact discontinuities in ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). They are characteristic discontinuities with no flow across the discontinuity for which the pressure, the magnetic field and the velocity are continuous whereas the density and the entropy may have a jump. Under the Rayleigh-Taylor sign condition $[\partial p/\partial N]<0$ on the jump of the normal derivative of the pressure satisfied at each point of the unperturbed contact discontinuity, we prove the well-posedness in Sobolev spaces of the linearized problem for 2D planar MHD flows.Comment: 40 page

Existence of approximate current-vortex sheets near the onset of instability

The paper is concerned with the free boundary problem for 2D current-vortex sheets in ideal incompressible magneto-hydrodynamics near the transition point between the linearized stability and instability. In order to study the dynamics of the discontinuity near the onset of the instability, Hunter and Thoo have introduced an asymptotic quadratically nonlinear integro-differential equation for the amplitude of small perturbations of the planar discontinuity. The local-in-time existence of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for such amplitude equation was already proven, under a suitable stability condition. However, the solution found there has a loss of regularity (of order two) from the initial data. In the present paper, we are able to obtain an existence result of solutions with optimal regularity, in the sense that the regularity of the initial data is preserved in the motion for positive times

Lp Microlocal Properties for Multi-Quasi-Elliptic Pseudodifferential Operators

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 35S05; Secondary 35A17.In the present paper microlocal properties of a class of suitable Lp bounded pseudodifferential operators are stated in the framework of weighted Sobolev spaces of Lp type. Applications to microlocal regularity of solutions to multi-quasi-elliptic partial differential equations are also given

Regularity of weakly well posed hyperbolic mixed problems with characteristic boundary

We study the mixed initial-boundary value problem for a linear hyperbolic system with characteristic boundary of constant multiplicity. We assume the problem to be “weakly” well posed, in the sense that a unique L^2-solution exists, for sufficiently smooth data, and obeys an a priori energy estimate with a finite loss of conormal regularity. This is the case of problems that do not satisfy the uniform Kreiss–Lopatinskiı̆ condition in the hyperbolic region of the frequency domain. Under the assumption of the loss of one conormal derivative we obtain the regularity of solutions, in the natural framework of weighted anisotropic Sobolev spaces, provided the data are sufficiently smooth

Regularity of Weakly Well-Posed Characteristic Boundary Value Problems

We study the boundary value problem for a linear first-order partial differential system with characteristic boundary of constant multiplicity. We assume the problem to be "weakly" well posed, in the sense that a uniqueL2-solution exists, for sufficiently smooth data, and obeys an a priori energy estimate with a finite loss of tangential/conormal regularity. This is the case of problems that do not satisfy the uniform Kreiss-Lopatinskiĭ condition in the hyperbolic region of the frequency domain. Provided that the data are sufficiently smooth, we obtain the regularity of solutions, in the natural framework of weighted conormal Sobolev spaces