Decompositions of \(L^ q\) and \(H^{1,q}_ 0\) with respect to the operator rot (Q1814594)

This is the second part of the author's doctoral thesis at the Univ. of Bayreuth, (1989; Zbl 0705.35023) the first part being published in Ann. Univ. Ferrara, Nuova Ser., Sez. VII(1990). The author deals with the so- called decomposition of spaces \((L^ q(G))^ N\) and \((H_ 0^{1,q}(G))^ N\) with respect to the operator rot and extends the results of the first part obtained for \(q=2\) to the case \(1<q<\infty\) in the physically most important case \(N=3\). Instead of the projection theorem the author uses now a priori estimates which for the decomposition of \((L^ q(G))^ 3\) is \[ c\|\hbox{rot }u\|_ q\leq \sup_{\phi\in (H^{1,q'}(G))^ 3}{{\langle\hbox{rot }u,\hbox{rot }\phi\rangle}\over \|\nabla\phi\|_{q'}} \] for all \(u\in (H^{1,q}(G))^ 3\), and employs the idea of a partition of the domain \(G\) into domains \(G_ i\) which are ``starlike with respect to an open ball'' and admit a ``good'' Helmholtz decomposition.