Sharp L^p decay of oscillatory integral operators with certain homogeneous polynomial phases in several variables

In this paper, we obtain the L^p decay of oscillatory integral operators T_λ with certain homogeneous polynomial phase functions of degree d in(n + n)-dimensions; we require that d > 2 n. If d/(d-n) < p < d/n,the decay is sharp and the decay rate is related to the Newton distance. For p = d/n or d/(d-n), we obtain the almost sharp decay, where "almost" means that the decay contains a log(λ) term. For otherwise, the L^p decay of T_λ is also obtained but not sharp. Finally, we provide a counterexample to show that d/(d-n) p d/n is not necessary to guarantee the sharp decay.

NEW PROOFS OF THE DECAY ESTIMATE WITH SHARP RATE OF THE GLOBAL WEAK SOLUTION OF THE n-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

Consider the Cauchy problem for the n-dimensional incompressible NavierStokes equations:??tu-α△u+(u·?)u+?p = f(x, t), with the initial condition u(x, 0) = u_0(x) and with the incompressible conditions ? · u = 0, ? · f = 0 and ? · u_0= 0. The spatial dimension n ≥ 2.Suppose that the initial function u_0∈ L1(Rn) ∩ L^2(Rn) and the external force f ∈ L^1(Rn× R+) ∩ L^1(R+, L^2(Rn)). It is well known that there holds the decay estimate with sharp rate:(1 + t)1+n/2∫Rn|u(x, t)|2 dx ≤ C, for all time t > 0, where the dimension n ≥ 2, C > 0 is a positive constant, independent of u and(x, t).The main purpose of this paper is to provide two independent proofs of the decay estimate with sharp rate, both are complete, systematic, simplified proofs, under a weaker condition on the external force. The ideas and methods introduced in this paper may have strong influence on the decay estimates with sharp rates of the global weak solutions or the global smooth solutions of similar equations, such as the n-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics equations, where the dimension n ≥ 2.

Global Existence and Blow-up for Semilinear Wave Equations with Variable Coefficients

The authors consider the critical exponent problem for the variable coefficients wave equation with a space dependent potential and source term. For sufficiently small data with compact support, if the power of nonlinearity is larger than the expected exponent, it is proved that there exists a global solution. Furthermore, the precise decay estimates for the energy, L^2 and L^(p+1) norms of solutions are also established. In addition, the blow-up of the solutions is proved for arbitrary initial data with compact support when the power of nonlinearity is less than some constant.

Solutions to Some Open Problems in Fluid Dynamics

Let u=u（x,t,uo）represent the global solution of the initial value problem for the one-dimensional fluid dynamics equation ut-εuxxt＋δux＋γHuxx＋βuxxx＋f（u）x=αuxx,u（x,0）=uo（x）, whereα〉0,β〉0,γ〉0,δ〉0 andε〉0 are constants.This equation may be viewed as a one-dimensional reduction of n-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The nonlinear function satisfies the conditions f（0）=0,｜f（u）｜→∞as ｜u｜→∞,and f∈C^1（R）,and there exist the following limits Lo=lim sup/u→o f（u）/u^3 and L∞=lim sup/u→∞ f（u）/u^5 Suppose that the initial function u0∈L^I（R）∩H^2（R）.By using energy estimates,Fourier transform,Plancherel＇s identity,upper limit estimate,lower limit estimate and the results of the linear problem vt-εv（xxt）＋δvx＋γHv（xx）＋βv（xxx）=αv（xx）,v（x,0）=vo（x）, the author justifies the following limits（with sharp rates of decay） lim t→∞[（1＋t）^（m＋1/2）∫｜uxm（x,t）｜^2dx]=1/2π（π/2α）^（1/2）m!!/（4α）^m[∫R uo（x）dx]^2, if∫R uo（x）dx≠0, where 0!!=1,1!!=1 and m!!=1·3…（2m-3）…（2m-1）.Moreover lim t→∞[（1＋t）^（m＋3/2）∫R｜uxm（x,t）｜^2dx]=1/2π（x/2α）^（1/2）（m＋1）!!/（4α）^（m＋1）[∫Rρo（x）dx]^2, if the initial function uo（x）=ρo′（x）,for some functionρo∈C^1（R）∩L^1（R）and∫Rρo（x）dx≠0.

PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS OF n-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

Consider the n-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations δ/(δt)u-α△u +(u ·△↓)u + △↓p = f(x, t), △↓· u = 0,△↓· f = 0,u(x, 0) = u0(x), △↓·u0=0.There exists a global weak solution under some assumptions on the initial function and the external force. It is well known that the global weak solutions become sufficiently small and smooth after a long time. Here are several very interesting questions about the global weak solutions of the Cauchy problems for the n-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.· Can we establish better decay estimates with sharp rates not only for the global weak solutions but also for all order derivatives of the global weak solutions?· Can we accomplish the exact limits of all order derivatives of the global weak solutions in terms of the given information?· Can we use the global smooth solution of the linear heat equation, with the same initial function and the external force, to approximate the global weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations?· If we drop the nonlinear terms in the Navier-Stokes equations, will the exact limits reduce to the exact limits of the solutions of the linear heat equation?· Will the exact limits of the derivatives of the global weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations and the exact limits of the derivatives of the global smooth solution of the heat equation increase at the same rate as the order m of the derivative increases? In another word, will the ratio of the exact limits for the derivatives of the global weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations be the same as the ratio of the exact limits for the derivatives of the global smooth solutions for the linear heat equation?The positive solutions to these questions obtained in this paper will definitely help us to better understand the properties of the global weak solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and hopefully to discover new special structures of the Navier-Stokes equations.