Bounded imaginary powers and \(H_\infty\)-calculus of the Stokes operator in two-dimensional exterior domains (Q2571068)

The present contribution deals with the Stokers operator \(A_q\) on \(L^q_\sigma (\Omega)\), \(1<q<\infty\), where \(\Omega\) is an exterior domain in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) of class \(C^2\). It is proved that \(A_q\) admits a bounded \(H_\infty\)-calculus. This implies the existence of bounded imaginary powers of \(A_q\), which has several important applications. So far this property was only known for exterior domains in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n\geq 3\). In particular, this shows that \(A_q\) has maximal regularity on \(L^q_\sigma (\Omega)\). For the proof the resolvent \((\lambda + A_q)^{-1}\) has to be analyzed for \(| \lambda| \rightarrow \infty\) and \(\lambda \rightarrow 0\).