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Global well-posedness for a Smoluchowski equation coupled with Navier-Stokes equations in 2D

Peter Constantin, Nader Masmoudi

math.AParXiv:math/0702589

Abstract

We prove global existence for a nonlinear Smoluchowski equation (a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation) coupled with Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions. The proof uses a deteriorating regularity estimate and the tensorial structure of the main nonlinear terms.

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