Bressan's conjecture for anomalous dissipation with rough velocity fields

Let θκ\theta^\kappa be a solution of the viscous transport equation on Td\mathbb{T}^d with velocity field uL1([0,),W1,1(Td))u\in L^1([0,\infty),W^{1,1}(\mathbb{T}^d)) and smooth initial data θ0\theta_0. Let r(κ)r(\kappa) be a universal rate function, independent of uu, with r(κ)0r(\kappa)\to0 as κ0\kappa\to0. Bressan's dissipation conjecture. For every 0κ10\leqslant\kappa\leqslant1,

θκL2θ0L2exp(r(κ)C1(θ0)0texp(C20su(,s)L1ds)ds),|\theta^\kappa|_{L^2}\geqslant |\theta_0|_{L^2}\exp\left(-r(\kappa)C_1(\theta_0)\int_0^t\exp\left(C_2\int_0^s|\nabla u(\cdot,s')|_{L^1}\,\mathrm{d}s'\right)\,\mathrm{d}s\right),

where C1>0C_1>0 depends on θ0\theta_0 but not on κ\kappa, and C2>0C_2>0 is universal. In particular,

κ0tθκL22dsθ0L22(1exp(2r(κ)C1(θ0)0texp(C20su(,s)L1ds)ds)),\kappa\int_0^t|\nabla\theta^\kappa|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}s\leqslant |\theta_0|_{L^2}^2\left(1-\exp\left(-2r(\kappa)C_1(\theta_0)\int_0^t\exp\left(C_2\int_0^s|\nabla u(\cdot,s')|_{L^1}\,\mathrm{d}s'\right)\,\mathrm{d}s\right)\right),

and hence, for κ1\kappa\ll1, κ0tθκL22dsr(κ)\kappa\int_0^t|\nabla\theta^\kappa|_{L^2}^2\,\mathrm{d}s\lesssim r(\kappa). The conjecture proposes a diffusion-dependent dissipation rate that tends to zero uniformly in the velocity field as κ0\kappa\to0. Its status is not resolved by the supplied text.

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Theodore D. Drivas, Tarek M. Elgindi, Gautam Iyer and In-Jee Jeong, “Anomalous Dissipation in Passive Scalar Transport”, arXiv:1911.03271 (2020).

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