Remarks on the stabilization of large-scale growth in the 2D Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

Abstract

In this article, some elementary observations are made regarding the behavior of solutions to the two-dimensional curl-free Burgers equation which suggest the distinguished role played by the scalar divergence field in determining the dynamics of the solution. These observations inspire a new divergence-based regularity condition for the two-dimensional Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation (KSE) that provides conceptual clarity to the nature of the potential blow-up mechanism for this system. The relation of this regularity criterion to the Ladyzhenskaya-Prodi-Serrin-type criterion for the KSE is also established, thus providing the basis for the development of an alternative framework of regularity criterion for this equation based solely on the low-mode behavior of its solutions. The article concludes by applying these ideas to identify a conceptually simple modification of KSE that yields globally regular solutions, as well as providing a straightforward verification of this regularity criterion to establish global regularity of solutions to the 2D Burgers-Sivashinsky equation. The proofs are direct, elementary, and concise.

arXiv comment24 pages, referee comments incorporated, accepted to J. Math. Fluid Mech

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