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Instability and nonuniqueness in mathematical fluid dynamics

Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Via Sarfatti 25, Milan 20136, Italy

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This article is part of the issue:

Special Issue: Recent Advances in Nonlinear Hyperbolic PDEs and Fluid Dynamics
Special Issue Editors: Fabio Ancona (University of Padua, Italy), Stefano Bianchini (SISSA, Italy)

Abstract

In this note, we review and expand upon the material presented in the minicourse titled “Instability and Nonuniqueness in Fluid Dynamics,” which the author held during the “Meeting on Nonlinear Evolution PDEs, Fluid Dynamics, and Transport Equations” at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Erice in May 2023.

Communicated by F. Ancona and S. Bianchini

Keywords:

AMSC: 35Q30, 35Q35

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