Zero initial trace for solutions vanishing near the initial time #
A square-integrable distributional solution of ∂ₜ u - Δ u = div H + f on
ℝ³ × (a, b) that vanishes for t < a + δ has, for every spatial test ψ, a
spatial pairing t ↦ ∫ u(x, t) ψ(x) dx with a continuous version on [a, b]
vanishing at a: the pairing has an integrable distributional time
derivative. This is the zero initial trace used with the energy estimate of
lem:localized-vorticity-energy in the proof of lem:local-heat-gain.
The time derivative of a separated test ψ(x) θ(t).
The spatial derivative of a separated test ψ(x) θ(t).
The second spatial derivative of a separated test ψ(x) θ(t).
(x, t) ↦ g(x) is square integrable on a slab for square integrable g.
Continuous compactly supported spatial functions are square integrable on slabs.
A function on (a, b) with an integrable distributional derivative that
vanishes near a has a continuous version on [a, b] vanishing at a.
A distributional solution on a slab vanishing near the initial time has a zero initial trace.