Optimal time-decay estimates for a diffusive Oldroyd-B model

Abstract

In this paper, we study the optimal time decay rates for the higher order spatial derivatives of solutions to a diffusive Oldroyd-B model. As pointed out in the Section 1.2 of Huang-Wang-Wen-Zi (J. Differential Equations 306: 456-491, 2022), how to estiblish the optimal decay estimate for the highest-order spatial derivatives of the solution to this model is still an open problem. Motivated by Wang-Wen (Sci. China Math. 65: 1199-1228, 2022), we give a positive answer to this problem via some delicate analyses on the low and high frequency parts of the solution.