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December  2012, 1(2): 297-314. doi: 10.3934/eect.2012.1.297

## On the 2D free boundary Euler equation

 1 Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 2 Department of Mathematics, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi

Received  May 2012 Revised  July 2012 Published  October 2012

We provide a new simple proof of local-in-time existence of regular solutions to the Euler equation on a domain with a free moving boundary and without surface tension in 2 space dimensions. We prove the existence under the condition that the initial velocity belongs to the Sobolev space $H^{2.5+δ}$ where $\delta>0$ is arbitrary.
Citation: Igor Kukavica, Amjad Tuffaha. On the 2D free boundary Euler equation. Evolution Equations & Control Theory, 2012, 1 (2) : 297-314. doi: 10.3934/eect.2012.1.297
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##### References:
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