Global regularity for the 2D MHD equations with mixed partial dissipation and magnetic diffusion (Q616905)

The existence of global in time solutions to the 2D MHD equations is studied. Let \(u(x,y,t)\) be the velocity field, \(p(x,y,t)\) the pressure and \(b(x,y,t)\) the magnetic field. The functions \(u,\;p,\;b\) satisfy the Cauchy problem \[ \begin{aligned} &\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-\nu_1\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2} -\nu_2\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}+u\cdot\nabla u -b\cdot\nabla b+\nabla p=0,\quad \operatorname{div}u=0,\\ & \frac{\partial b}{\partial t}-\eta_1\frac{\partial^2 b}{\partial x^2} -\eta_2\frac{\partial^2 b}{\partial y^2}+u\cdot\nabla b -b\cdot\nabla u=0,\quad \operatorname{div}b=0,\\ &u(x,y,0)=u_0(x,y),\quad b(x,y,0)=b_0(x,y) \end{aligned} \] Two main results are established. {\parindent=5mm \begin{itemize}\item[1.] If \[ \nu_1=0,\;\nu_2>0,\;\eta_1>0,\;\eta_2=0\quad \text{or}\quad \nu_1.0,\;\nu_2=0,\;\eta_1=0,\;\eta_2>0 \] and \(u_0,b_0\in H^2({\mathbb R}^2)\), \(\nabla\cdot u_0=0\), \(\nabla\cdot b_0=0\), then the problem has a unique global classical solution. \item[2.] If \(\nu_1=\nu_2=0\) and \(\eta_1=\eta_2=\eta>0\), \(u_0,b_0\in H^1({\mathbb R}^2)\), \(\nabla\cdot u_0=0\), \(\nabla\cdot b_0=0\), then the problem has a global weak solution. If \(u_0,b_0\in H^3({\mathbb R}^2)\) and for some \(T>0\) \[ \sup_{q\geq 2}\;\frac{1}{q}\;\int^T_0\|\nabla u(\cdot,t)\|_q\,dt<\infty \] then a weak solution is unique on \([0,T]\). \end{itemize}}