Linear transport equations for vector fields with subexponentially integrable divergence

Abstract: We face the well-posedness of linear transport Cauchy problems

�egin{cases}dfrac{partial u}{partial t} + bcdot abla u + c,u = f&(0,T) imes{mathbb R}^n\u(0,cdot)=u_0in L^infty&{mathbb R}^nend{cases}

under borderline integrability assumptions on the divergence of the velocity field

b

. For

W_{l o c}^{1, 1}

vector fields

b

satisfying

f r a c | b (x, t) | 1 + | x | i n L^{1} (0, T; L^{1}) + L^{1} (0, T; L^{i} n f t y)

and

operatorname{div} bin L^1(0,T;L^infty) + L^1left(0,T; operatorname{Exp}left(frac{L}{log L} ight) ight),

we prove existence and uniqueness of weak solutions. Moreover, optimality is shown in the following way: for every

g a m m a > 1

, we construct an example of a bounded autonomous velocity field

b

with

operatorname{div} bin operatorname{Exp}left(frac{L}{log^gamma L} ight) ,

for which the associate Cauchy problem for the transport equation admits infinitely many solutions. Stability questions and further extensions to the

B V

setting are also addressed.

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