Weak derivatives and space-time mollification #
The distributional identities in def:sws commute with local space-time
mollification on compact subsets of the domain.
A local weak derivative identity determines the derivative of a mollification at points
whose kernel support stays inside the domain. This is used for the local energy identity in
lem:caccioppoli.
A continuous compactly supported real function is bounded. This supplies bounded
weights for the weighted pairing limits in lem:caccioppoli.
Multiplication by a bounded measurable scalar preserves L² membership.
Multiplication by a bounded measurable scalar preserves strong L² convergence.
This is used to pass weighted energy pairings to the limit in lem:caccioppoli.
Mollification commutes componentwise with the spatial, second spatial, and time weak
derivatives on compact subsets of an open space-time domain (manuscript def:sws).
The square of a locally square-integrable weak solution has the expected weak time
derivative on compactly supported tests (manuscript def:sws). The formula is written as
the finite sum of scalar pairings; u and g are the zero extensions of w and Dtw.
The buffer condition keeps every mollification kernel inside the weak-derivative domain.