
AbstractIn this paper we derive a mixed variational formulation for the exterior Stokes problem in terms of the vorticity and stream function, or the vector potential in three dimensions. The main steps are the construction of the stream function (or vector potential) and the proof of the Babuška–Brezzi ‘inf‐sup’ condition. The two‐ and three‐dimensional cases are treated separately because the structure of the stream function differs substantially according to the number of dimensions considered. The conclusion of this work is that if the problem is set in the weighted Sobolev spaces of Hanouzet and Giroire, the analysis of the exterior Stokes problem is quite the same as if the domain were bounded.
weak variational formulation, Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations, Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics, Existence of generalized solutions of PDE, Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids, weighted Sobolev spaces, Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows, stream function, Babuska-Brezzi ``inf-sup'' condition, Navier-Stokes equations, vector potential, exterior Stokes problem
weak variational formulation, Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations, Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics, Existence of generalized solutions of PDE, Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids, weighted Sobolev spaces, Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows, stream function, Babuska-Brezzi ``inf-sup'' condition, Navier-Stokes equations, vector potential, exterior Stokes problem
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