Energy estimate Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
An energy estimate tests a differential equation against the solution or one of its derivatives to control a norm by initial data and forcing. Coercive terms represent dissipation, while Young inequality and the Gronwall inequality control lower-order terms.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 2 2 6 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Suppose that . Since and ,The Radial Sobolev inequality and Mass conservation for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation giveBecause , Young inequality and a sufficiently large fixed absorb this term into the left side of the estimate from part 5. The annular term is at most . Using the uniform lower bound from part 2 and enlarging once more yields
Since , two integrations giveThe right-hand side is negative for large , contradicting . Hence the maximal forward lifespan is finite: .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 359 2 a i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Take the inner product of the first Galerkin equation with . The orthogonal projection may be removed against , and skew-symmetry of incompressible transport cancels the nonlinear term. HenceThe Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and Young inequality giveThus both quantities requested in the first estimate are bounded by, for example,
Next take the inner product with . Periodicity and incompressibility giveThe given curl identity and the two-dimensional Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality implyApplying Young's inequality to this term and to yieldsThe first estimate bounds the right-hand side independently of . Therefore one may choose a constant such that