Quasigeostrophic Equations for Fractional Powers of Infinitesimal Generators

Abstract

In this paper we treat the following partial differential equation, the quasigeostrophic equation: ∂/∂t+u·∇f=-σ-Aαf,  0≤α≤1, where (A,D(A)) is the infinitesimal generator of a convolution C0-semigroup of positive kernel on Lp(Rn), with 1≤p<∞. Firstly, we give remarkable pointwise and integral inequalities involving the fractional powers (-A)α for 0≤α≤1. We use these estimates to obtain Lp-decayment of solutions of the above quasigeostrophic equation. These results extend the case of fractional derivatives (taking A=Δ, the Laplacian), which has been studied in the literature.