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6 Reduction to initial-boundary value problem in a
fixed domain
We intend to prove that if u satisfies the hypothesis of stability required by capillarity
theory, then for small perturbations of the rest state there exists a regular global solution
to (12) that decays exponentially to zero as time goes at infinity. To this end, in our proof
will play an essential role only smallness of perturbation, in this statement the gradient
of the basic shape is not infinitesimal ! For this reason the perturbation equation will
be linearized around basic flow carefully, say we write the equations in reference frame
rotating with angular velocity
u>
= oie
3
.
Of course, in Tt the velocity w is directly the perturbation to the rest, only we must
consider a suitable linearization of T
t
around i\. We remind that the surface r
(
is given
by the equation |x| = R(x/\x\,t) and the origin O coincides with the center of mass of
the liquid, i.e., J
n
x^ds = 0, k = 1,2,3. Assume that O
t
contains the ball BR^O) =
{|x| < R{\ and is contained in
R^R^O)
= {\x\ <
CQR\},
define a smooth function x(\
x
\)
such that x{\
x
\) = 0, if |x| < -Ri/2, xd^l) = 1) if W > -Ri.
an<
i consider the coordinate
transformation
—C
1
•*«©$-.))-•<••«.
(34)
or, in spherical coordinates
This transformation is invertible, if R
—
R
b
is not too large, and it maps Q
b
onto fi
(
and
T
t
onto V
b
leaving
B
Rl
/
2
invariant, and in some neighbourhood of I\ it holds : x = j^y.
Let J = (I
32
-) be the Jacobian matrix of the transformation y = y(x, t) inverse to
(34) and J = det J. It is clear that J is an inverse matrix to J
-1
= I
-£?•)
whose
V
' V°W/i,j=l,2,3
elements are easily calculated by differentiation of (34). The vector field u = Jw/J, with
w(j/,t) = -w(x(y,t),t), is solenoidal
2
and it holds
W
(x(y,t),t) = J(y,t)J-
1
(y,t)u(y,t)=J(y,t)u(y,t),
and