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Stephan Schmitz

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arXiv2026

On the compactness of artificial compressibility approximations of weak solutions for fluid problems in deforming domains

In this contribution, a fluid flow problem on a general deforming domain for a Newtonian fluid in two and three space dimensions with artificial compressibility approximation is studied. We prove an estimate on the integral equicontinuity in time of the weak solutions under suitable domain regularity assumptions, which is independent on the compressibility parameter and serves as an alternative compactness argument for the convergence of weak solution sequences for vanishing compressibility. The corresponding estimate is obtained by remapping the problem onto a fixed reference domain and using appropriate divergence-preserving testfunctions involving the difference of two solutions at different points in time, thus defined with respect to different domains/coordinates.

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arXiv2017

Diagonalization of indefinite saddle point forms

We obtain sufficient conditions that ensure block diagonalization (by a direct rotation) of sign-indefinite symmetric sesquilinear forms as well as the associated operators that are semi-bounded neither from below nor from above. In the semi-bounded case, we refine the obtained results and, as an example, revisit the block Stokes Operator from fluid dynamics.

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arXiv2017

The Tan $2 Θ$-Theorem in Fluid Dynamics

We show that the generalized Reynolds number (in fluid dynamics) introduced by Ladyzhenskaya is closely related to the rotation of the positive spectral subspace of the Stokes block-operator in the underlying Hilbert space. We also explicitly evaluate the bottom of the negative spectrum of the Stokes operator and prove a sharp inequality relating the distance from the bottom of its spectrum to the origin and the length of the first positive gap.

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arXiv2016

On invariant graph subspaces

In this paper we discuss the problem of decomposition for unbounded $2\times 2$ operator matrices by a pair of complementary invariant graph subspaces. Under mild additional assumptions, we show that such a pair of subspaces decomposes the operator matrix if and only if its domain is invariant for the angular operators associated with the graphs. As a byproduct of our considerations, we suggest a new block diagonalization procedure that resolves related domain issues. In the case when only a single invariant graph subspace is available, we obtain block triangular representations for the operator matrices.

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arXiv2014

Representation Theorems for indefinite quadratic forms without spectral gap

The First and Second Representation Theorem for sign-indefinite quadratic forms are extended. We include new cases of unbounded forms associated with operators that do not necessarily have a spectral gap around zero. The kernel of the associated operators is determined for special cases. This extends results by Grubišić, Kostrykin, Makarov and Veselić in [Mathematika 59 (2013), 169--189].

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arXiv2013

Reducing graph subspaces and strong solutions to operator Riccati equations

The problem of block diagonalization for diagonally dominant symmetric block operator matrices with self-adjoint diagonal entries is considered. We show that a reasonable block diagonalization with respect to a reducing graph subspace requires a related skew-symmetric operator to be a strong solution to the associated Riccati equation. Under mild additional regularity conditions, we also establish that this skew-symmetric operator is a strong solution to the Riccati equation if and only if the graph subspace is reducing for the given operator matrix. These regularity conditions are shown to be automatically fulfilled whenever the corresponding relative bound of the off-diagonal part is sufficiently small. This extends the results by Albeverio, Makarov, and Motovilov in [Canad. J. Math. Vol. \textbf{55}, 2003, 449--503], where the off-diagonal part is required to be bounded.

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