An application of the degree theory for PDE
Speaker:
Andrei Biryuk, Kuban State University
Date and Time:
Friday, May 14, 2004 - 2:10pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Fields, 210
Abstract:
Consider set of smooth maps from torus into itself. Consider a subset form by maps with nonnegative Jacobian, i.e., the maps such that the Jacobian at every point is nonnegative. Clearly that this is a closed subset in the C1 topology. Despite the fact that C0 topology has fewer closed sets, we have a Theorem. The described subset is also closed in the C0 topology. Assuming no initial knowledge about the degree theory we will prove this theorem by the degree techniques. This theorem is crucial to obtain certain lower bounds for solutions of the multidimensional Burgers system and some (weaker) lower bounds for the solutions of the Navier-Stokes system.