A large deviations principle for stochastic flows of viscous fluids (Q683787)

A stochastic differential equation on the two-dimensional torus driven by Wiener process with drift in the Sobolev space \(L^2((0,T);H^1({\mathbb T}^2))\) is studied. The solution corresponds to a stochastic Lagrangian flow in the sense of Di Perna-Lions. The motion of a viscous incompressible fluid on the torus can be described through such a stochastic differential equation. Then, the inviscid limit is studied. By establishing a large deviations principle, it is shown that, as the viscosity goes to zero, the Lagrangian stochastic Navier-Stokes flow approaches the Euler deterministic Lagrangian flow at an exponential rate function.