Existence of weak solutions to the generalized SQG equations in Sobolev spaces

Abstract

We consider the two-dimensional dissipative generalized surface quasi-geostrophic equations given by \[\partial_t θ+u\cdot \nabla θ+ν(-Δ)^αθ=0,\quad u=\nabla^{\perp}Λ^{β-2}θ\] and establish global existence of weak solutions with initial data in ${\dot{H}}^{\frac{\beta }{2}-1}({\mathbb{R}}^2)$. Our result extends the framework of Marchand's solutions (Comm. Math. Phys. 277 (2008), no. 1, 45-67) to this larger family of active scalar equations.

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