Cauchy problem for dissipative Hölder solutions to the incompressible Euler equations (Q2249764)

In 1949, L. Onsager stated the following conjecture: (a) For every weak solution \(u(x,t)\) to the incompressible Euler equations with Hölder smoothness greater than 1/3, the total kinetic energy \(\int |u(x,t)|dx\) is a time-independent constant. (b) Conversely, there exists a weak solution with Hölder smoothness smaller than 1/3, whose total kinetic energy is monotone decreasing. The statement (b) means that an energy dissipation due to irregularity of a flow may happen, and it is called anomalous dissipation. De Lellis and Székelyhidi constructed the first examples substantiating the anomalous dissipation. The author considers this problem on a 3D torus \(\mathbf{T}^3\), and gives a wider result. He shows that there are infinitely many solutions to the Euler equations with Hölder smoothness smaller than 1/16, which dissipate the total kinetic energy. Precisely speaking, he assumes that \(e(t)\) is a positive smooth function on \([0,1]\) and \(\theta\) is smaller than 1/16. Then there exist infinitely many initial values \(v_0 (x)\) which satisfy \(\int_{\mathbf{T}^3} |v_0 (x)|^2 dx = e(0)\) and the following conditions: (c) One can obtain weak solutions \(v(x,t)\) to the corresponding initial value problem for the Euler equations. (d) The solutions \(v(x,t)\) have Hölder smoothness \(\theta\) and satisfy \(\int_{\mathbf{T}^3} |v(x,t)|^2 dx = e(t)\).