Non-uniqueness conjecture for the Sobolev divergence chain rule

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Let p,p~[1,)p,\tilde p \in [1, \infty) and assume that

1p+1p~>1+1d.\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{\tilde p}>1+\frac{1}{d}.

Let β:RR\beta:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} and let TD(Td)T\in\mathcal{D}'(\mathbb{T}^d) satisfy the suitable assumptions specified in the source. An incompressible vector field is a vector field uu with vanishing distributional divergence. The conjecture asserts that there exist a density ρLp(Td)\rho\in L^p(\mathbb{T}^d) and an incompressible vector field uLp(Td)W1,p~(Td)u\in L^{p'}(\mathbb{T}^d)\cap W^{1,\tilde p}(\mathbb{T}^d) such that the equations referenced in the source as

andand

hold simultaneously. In certain cases, ρ\rho can moreover be chosen strictly positive.

Non-uniqueness conjecture. Under the stated integrability condition and suitable assumptions on β\beta and TT, such a density ρ\rho and incompressible Sobolev vector field uu exist, with the divergence equation and chain-rule defect equation holding simultaneously; in certain cases the density may be chosen strictly positive.

The conjecture is motivated by the analogy between the transport equation and the divergence chain-rule problem, together with convex-integration non-uniqueness results for transport by Sobolev vector fields. The source presents the assumptions on β\beta and TT only by reference to later points, and does not provide a resolution of this conjecture.

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Primary source

Miriam Buck and Stefano Modena, “On the failure of the chain rule for the divergence of Sobolev vector fields”, arXiv:2204.01363 (2022).

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