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    A uniqueness result for the continuity equation in two dimensions

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    We characterize the autonomous, divergence-free vector fields bb on the plane such that the Cauchy problem for the continuity equation tu+div(bu)=0\partial_t u + div(bu) = 0 admits a unique bounded solution (in the weak sense) for every bounded initial datum; the characterization is given in terms of a property of Sard type for the potential ff associated to bb. As a corollary we obtain uniqueness under the assumption that the curl of bb is a measure. This result can be extended to certain non- autonomous vector fields bb with bounded divergence

    On the Lp-differentiability of certain classes of functions

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    We prove the LpL^p-differentiability at almost every point for convolution products on RdR^d of the form KμK*\mu, where μ\mu is bounded measure and KK is a homogeneous kernel of degree 1d1-d. From this result we derive the LpL^p-differentiability for vector fields on RdR^d whose curl and divergence are measures, and also for vector fields with bounded deformation

    Structure of level sets and Sard-type properties of Lipschitz maps

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    We consider certain properties of maps of class C2 from Rd to Rd−1 that are strictly related to Sard’s theorem, and we show that some of them can be extended to Lipschitz maps, while others require some additional regularity. We also give examples showing that, in terms of regularity, our results are optimal

    Renormalized solutions to the continuity equation with an integrable damping term

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    We consider the continuity equation with a nonsmooth vector field and a damping term. In their fundamental paper, DiPerna and Lions (Invent Math 98:511–547, 1989) proved that, when the damping term is bounded in space and time, the equation is well posed in the class of distributional solutions and the solution is transported by suitable characteristics of the vector field. In this paper, we prove existence and uniqueness of renormalized solutions in the case of an integrable damping term, employing a new logarithmic estimate inspired by analogous ideas of Ambrosio et al. (Rendiconti del Seminario Fisico Matematico di Padova 114:29–50, 2005), Crippa and De Lellis (J Reine Angew Math 616:15–46, 2008) in the Lagrangian case

    Flows of singular vector fields and applications to fluid and kinetic equations

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    Several physical phenomena arising in fluid dynamics and kinetic equations can be modeled by nonlinear transport PDE. Such quantities are the vorticity of a fluid, or the density of a collection of particles advected by a velocity field which is highly irregular. The theory of characteristics provides a link between this PDE and the ODE dX/dt=b(t,X(t,x)), where b is the velocity field. When b has Sobolev or BV regularity and bounded divergence, the theory of DiPerna-Lions and Ambrosio gives a good notion of solution to the ordinary differential equation using the concept of regular Lagrangian flow. Extending the results of Crippa-DeLellis, and more recently Bouchut-Crippa, we study Lagrangian flows associated to velocity fields with anisotropic regularity: those with gradient given by the singular integral of an L^1 function in some directions, and the singular integral of a measure in others. We exploit an anisotropic version of the previous arguments and estimate the difference quotients in this context, thereby gaining quantitative estimates in terms of the given regularity bounds. One then recovers well-posedness for the ordinary differential equation. This answers positively the question of existence of Lagrangian solutions to the Vlasov Poisson and Euler equations with L^1 data

    Renormalized solutions of the 2D Euler equations

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    In this paper we prove that solutions of the 2D Euler equations in vorticity formulation obtained via vanishing viscosity approximation are renormalized

    Continuity equations and ODE flows with non-smooth velocity

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    In this paper we review many aspects of the well-posedness theory for the Cauchy problem for the continuity and transport equations and for the ordinary differential equation (ODE). In this framework, we deal with velocity fields that are not smooth, but enjoy suitable 'weak differentiability' assumptions. We first explore the connection between the partial differential equation (PDE) and the ODE in a very general non-smooth setting. Then we address the renormalization property for the PDE and prove that such a property holds for Sobolev velocity fields and for bounded variation velocity fields. Finally, we present an approach to the ODE theory based on quantitative estimates

    Introduzione [Lettere dal fronte ceciliano : le visioni di Don Guerrino Amelli nei carteggi conservati a S. Maria del Monte di Cesena]

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    "È la prima monografia con carteggio su don Guerrino Amelli. I contesti sono quelli della riforma musicale sacra europea nota come Cecilianesimo, di cui in Italia Amelli fu pioniere e lungimirante guida, del Conciliatorismo e del rinnovamento liturgico anticipatore del Vaticano II, ai quali il nostro contribuì come monaco e abate benedettino. Alla luce di queste tematiche, il libro ricostruisce il complesso fronte ceciliano di Amelli e la sua attualissima koinè monastico-spirituale." Premessa di Luigi Crippa. Prefazione di Alberto Melloni

    Strong continuity for the 2D Euler equations

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    We prove two results of strong continuity with respect to the initial datum for bounded solutions to the Euler equations in vorticity form. The first result provides sequential continuity and holds for a general bounded solution. The second result provides uniform continuity and is restricted to Hölder continuous solutions
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