\({\mathcal L}^ 2\)-perturbations of space-periodic equilibria of Navier-Stokes (Q1909626)

Summary: We assume that a smooth equilibrium solution \(u_0\), \(p_0\) of Navier-Stokes on an infinite plate \(\Omega= \mathbb{R}^2\times (- 1/2, 1/2)\) is given, which is \(L\)-periodic with respect to the unbounded variables \(x, y\in \mathbb{R}\). We investigate the stability of \(u_0\), \(p_0\) with respect to perturbations which are not \(L\)-periodic but belong to \(L^2(\Omega)\). To this end we study the \(L^2(\Omega)\)-spectrum of the linearization around \(u_0\), \(p_0\) and describe it in terms of so-called \(\Theta\)-periodic spectra in a similar way as it is done for Schrödinger equations with periodic potentials.