Local and global Lyapunov exponents (Q2639228)

The authors relate various properties of local and global Lyapunov exponents, which were used in the study of the Hausdorff dimension of the global attractor for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations [cf. \textit{P. Constantin} and \textit{C. Foias}, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 38, 1-27 (1985; Zbl 0582.35092), \textit{P. Constantin}, \textit{C. Foias} and \textit{R. Temam}, Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 314 (1985; Zbl 0567.35070)]. This goal is achieved by posing their problem in the framework of flows of positive operators on a space of continuous functions over a compact set and utilizing the theory developed by \textit{G. Choquet} and \textit{C. Foias} [Ann. Inst. Fourier Grenoble 25 (1975), No.3-4, 109-129 (1976; Zbl 0303.47004)]. The key idea is to obtain a flow of positive operators from the nonlinear semigroup of solution operators \(S_ t\), acting on a compact invariant subset X of a Hilbert space H. The main content is as follows: Section 2. L-exponents associated with positive operators. Section 3. Semiflows on infinite-dimensional vector spaces and associated L-exponents. Section 4. Estimates on the dimension of attractors. Section 5. An estimate on the dimension of the Lorenz global attractor. Section 6. Evolution equations satisfying a dissipativity condition.