Kato's perturbation theory and well-posedness for the Euler equations in bounded domains (Q1120071)

This paper gives a new (and simpler than previous) proof of the well- posedness for the solution to the Euler equations on a bounded domain. A previous proof may be found in \textit{D. G. Ebin} and \textit{J. E. Marsden} [Ann. Math. 92, 102-163 (1970; Zbl 0211.574)]. The method of proof is to use the perturbation theory of T. Kato. However, it is not a straightforward application; it is necessary to introduce a suitable modification. The paper establishes estimates first for the stationary problem before proceeding to the unsteady one. The main result is given in Theorem 5.3 which establishes existence on a bounded (sufficiently small) interval and then shows continuous dependence on the initial data.