Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to survey some results related to the theory of stochastic Navier-Stokes equations (SNSE). The interest of SNSE arises from modelling turbulence. We begin to show how SNSE can be introduced intuitively from the random motion of particles. We then review briefly the deterministic theory and present the main core of existence theory for NSE. We also discuss uniqueness issues. We end up by showing how the splitting-up method provides a useful constructive approach to existence, and by presenting some extensions, like weakening assumptions or considering the special case of small initial data. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.