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A new proof of Wu’s theorem on vortex sheets

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We give a new proof of Wu’s theorem on vortex sheets by using W 1,p estimate for the elliptic equation of divergence form with partially BMO cofficients and L p boundedness of commutators of Calderón-Zygmund operators.

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  1. Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chao Wang

  2. School of Mathematical Sciences and BICMR, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    ZhiFei Zhang

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Wang, C., Zhang, Z. A new proof of Wu’s theorem on vortex sheets. Sci. China Math. 55, 1449–1462 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-012-4421-z

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