On the \(L_q-L_r\) estimates of the Stokes semigroup in a two-dimensional exterior domain (Q1298055)

The purpose of this paper is to show \(L_q-L_r\) estimates of the Stokes semigroup in a two-dimensional exterior domain. Our proof is based on the local energy decay estimate obtained by investigation of the asymptotic behavior of the Stokes resolvent near the origin. In 1989 Iwashita proved \(L_q-L_r\) estimates of the Stokes semigroup in an exterior domain for the space dimension \( n\geq 3\) in this spirit. But the two-dimensional case was excluded because of the logarithmic singularity of the fundamental solution of the corresponding Stokes resolvent equation in \(\mathbb R^2\). This is an extension of Iwashita's to the two-dimensional case. This result can be applied to the Navier-Stokes equation to obtain decay estimates except \(L_{\infty}\) estimate of the solution in a two-dimensional exterior domain.