On the supercritically diffusive magneto-geostrophic equations

Details On the supercritically diffusive magneto-geostrophic equations On the supercritically diffusive magneto-geostrophic equations

2011-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/1110.1129v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

24 pages

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We address the well-posedness theory for the magento-geostrophic equation, namely an active scalar equation in which the divergence-free drift velocity is one derivative more singular than the active scalar. In the presence of supercritical fractional diffusion given by (-\Delta)^\gamma, where 0<\gamma<1, we discover that for \gamma>1/2 the equations are locally well-posed, while for \gamma<1/2 they are ill-posed, in the sense that there is no Lipschitz solution map. The main reason for the striking loss of regularity when \gamma goes below 1/2 is that the constitutive law used to obtain the velocity from the active scalar is given by an unbounded Fourier multiplier which is both even and anisotropic. Lastly, we note that the anisotropy of the constitutive law for the velocity may be explored in order to obtain an improvement in the regularity of the solutions when the initial data and the force have thin Fourier support, i.e. they are supported on a plane in frequency space. In particular, for such well-prepared data one may prove the local existence and uniqueness of solutions for all values of \gamma \in (0,1).

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