Elsässer formulation of the ideal MHD and improved lifespan in two space dimensions

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Abstract: In the present paper, we show an improved lower bound for the lifespan of the solutions to the ideal MHD equations in the case of space dimension d=2. In particular, for small initial magnetic fields b0 of size (say) varepsilon>0, the lifespan Tvarepsilon>0 of the corresponding solution goes to +infty in the limit varepsilonightarrow0+. Such a result does not follow from standard quasi-linear hyperbolic theory. For proving it, three are the crucial ingredients: first of all, to work in endpoint Besov spaces Binfty,rs, under the condition s>1 and rin[1,+infty] or s=r=1; moreover, to use the Els"asser formulation of the ideal MHD, recasted in its vorticity formulation; finally, to take advantage of the special structure of the non-linear terms. We also rigorously establish the equivalence between the original formulation of the ideal MHD and its Els"asser formulation for a large class of weak solutions. The construction of explicit counterexamples shows the sharpness of our assumptions. Related non-uniqueness issues are discussed as well.



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