Eyink's enstrophy-defect conjecture for two-dimensional Euler flows

Let ω\omega be a weak solution of the incompressible two-dimensional Euler equations obtained by the vanishing-viscosity method, with

ωL2((0,T);B2,0(R2)).\omega\in L^2((0,T);B^0_{2,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^2)).

Assume that there exists a sequence ωνk\omega_{\nu_k} of solutions of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations such that

ωνkωin weak-* L2((0,T);B2,0(R2)).\omega_{\nu_k}\rightharpoonup\omega\quad\text{in weak-* }L^2((0,T);B^0_{2,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^2)).

Eyink's conjecture. Both limits

limν0+Zν(ων)andlimϵ0+Zϵ(ω)\lim_{\nu\to0^+}Z^\nu(\omega_\nu)\qquad\text{and}\qquad\lim_{\epsilon\to0^+}Z_\epsilon(\omega)

exist and are equal, so that Z(ω)=ZV(ω)=ZT(ω)Z(\omega)=Z^V(\omega)=Z^T(\omega). Furthermore, ω\omega is a dissipative solution, and there exists such an ω\omega with Z(ω)>0Z(\omega)>0.

The conjecture expresses the expectation that the transport enstrophy defect accounts for the residual viscous enstrophy dissipation in the vanishing-viscosity limit for two-dimensional turbulence. The paper states that one of its main results gives an example showing that this equality of defects is not necessarily true, so the proposed claim is refuted.

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Primary source

Milton C. Lopes Filho, Anna L. Mazzucato and Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes, “Weak solutions, renormalized solutions and enstrophy defects in 2D turbulence”, arXiv:math/0402011 (2004).

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