{ "id": "math/0702589", "version": "v1", "published": "2007-02-20T19:35:30.000Z", "updated": "2007-02-20T19:35:30.000Z", "title": "Global well-posedness for a Smoluchowski equation coupled with Navier-Stokes equations in 2D", "authors": [ "Peter Constantin", "Nader Masmoudi" ], "doi": "10.1007/s00220-007-0384-2", "categories": [ "math.AP" ], "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.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2007-02-20T19:35:30.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "35Q30" ], "keywords": [ "navier-stokes equations", "smoluchowski equation", "global well-posedness", "nonlinear fokker-planck equation", "main nonlinear terms" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "Springer", "journal": "Commun. Math. Phys." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }