Unique solvability for the density-dependent Navier-Stokes equations (Q1887992)

The authors consider the Navier-Stokes equations with a density-dependent viscosity in a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^n\) (\(n=2,3\)). The local existence of unique strong solutions for all initial data satisfying a natural compatibility condition is proved. This condition seems to be also necessary for a very general initial data. Moreover, the authors provide a blow-up criterion for the regularity of the strong solution. For these results, the initial density may vanish in an open subset of the bounded domain.