A continuation principle for the 3-D Euler equations for incompressible fluids in a bounded domain (Q1312060)

The authors study the Euler equations for ideal incompressible fluids in a bounded domain \(\Omega\) in \(\mathbb{R}^ 3\): \[ \begin{aligned} u_ t+ u\cdot \nabla u+ \nabla p =0, \quad \nabla\cdot u &= 0 \qquad \text{for } t\geq 0,\quad x\in\Omega, \tag{1}\\ u\cdot n &= 0 \qquad \text{for } t\geq 0, \quad x\in\Gamma.\tag{2}\end{aligned} \] Here the boundary \(\Gamma\) of \(\Omega\) is assumed to be of class \(\mathbb{C}^ \infty\). Let \(s\geq 0\) be an integer. We denote by \(H^ s(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^ 3)\) the usual Sobolev space of order \(s\) on \(\Omega\) taking values in \(\mathbb{R}^ 3\). For \(0<T<\infty\), we put \[ X_ s(T)= C^ 0 ([0,T];\;H^ s(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^ 3)) \cap C^ 1([0,T];\;H^{s-1}(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^ 3)). \] Theorem. Let \(s>2\) be an integer. Suppose that \(u\) is a solution of (1), (2) belonging to \(X_ s(T')\) for any \(T'<T<\infty\) such that \(\| u(t)\|_ s \uparrow\infty\) as \(t\uparrow T\). Then \[ \int_ 0^ t| \text{rot } u(\tau)|_{L^ \infty(\Omega)} d\tau \uparrow\infty \quad\text{ as } \quad t\uparrow T. \] This theorem is an immediate consequence of the local in time existence theorem for the initial boundary value problem (1), (2) with the initial data \(u^ 0\in H^ s(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^ 3)\) satisfying \(\nabla\cdot u^ 0=0\) in \(\Omega\), \(u^ 0\cdot n=0\) on \(\Gamma\) and the following new estimate for a smooth solution \(u\) of (1), (2) such that \(u\in X_ s(T)\) with \(s>2\): There exists a nondecreasing continuous function \(F(t,x,y) \geq 0\) for \(t\geq 0\), \(x\geq 0\), \(y\geq 0\), satisfying the estimate \[ \| u(t)\|_ s\leq F\Biggl(t,\| u(0)\|_ s, \int_ 0^ t |\text{rot } u(\tau)|_{L^ \infty(\Omega)} d\tau\Biggr) \qquad \text{for } t\in [0,T]. \] {}.