Stokes problem of the cornered domain in the plane (Q1763222)

The author examines the regularity of solution of steady incompressible Stokes equations in a plane sector with the angle \(\theta\), \(0<\theta<\pi\). The original problem is reduced to the investigation of an integral equation for single layer potential. Because of singular behavior of solutions near the corner, the kernel functions of the integral equation become complicated Hardy kernels. Nevertheless, using the Mellin operator and symbolic computation, the author is able to prove that the solution exists for \(L_1^p\) data for all \(1/p\in(0; 0,5)\) except for two ``bad values'' of \(p\). In particular, for \(\theta= \pi/2\) (the first quadrant), these singular values are \(1/p\approx 0,091478\) and \(1/p\approx 0,455516\).