\documentclass[reqno]{amsart} \usepackage{hyperref} \AtBeginDocument{{\noindent\small \emph{Electronic Journal of Differential Equations}, Vol. 2009(2009), No. 32, pp. 1--10.\newline ISSN: 1072-6691. URL: http://ejde.math.txstate.edu or http://ejde.math.unt.edu \newline ftp ejde.math.txstate.edu (login: ftp)} \thanks{\copyright 2009 Texas State University - San Marcos.} \vspace{9mm}} \begin{document} \title[\hfilneg EJDE-2009/32\hfil Existence of multiple solutions] {Existence of multiple solutions for a nonlinearly perturbed elliptic parabolic \\ system in $\mathbb{R}^2$} \author[M. Ishiwata, T. Ogawa, F. Takahashi\hfil EJDE-2009/32\hfilneg] {Michinori Ishiwata, Takayoshi Ogawa, Futoshi Takahashi}% in alphabetical order \address{Michinori Ishiwata \newline Common Subject Division\\ Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050-8585, Japan} \email{ishiwata@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp} \address{Takayoshi Ogawa \newline Mathematical Institute, Tohoku University \\ Sendai 980-8578, Japan} \email{ogawa@math.tohoku.ac.jp} \address{Futoshi Takahashi \newline Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University \\ Osaka 558-8585, Japan} \email{futoshi@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp} \thanks{Submitted August 22, 2008. Published February 16, 2009.} \subjclass[2000]{35K15, 35K55, 35Q60, 78A35} \keywords{Multiple existence; elliptic-parabolic system; \hfill\break\indent unconditional uniqueness} \begin{abstract} We consider the following nonlinearly perturbed version of the elliptic-parabolic system of Keller-Segel type: \begin{gather*} \partial_tu - \Delta u+ \nabla \cdot(u \nabla v)=0,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \\ -\Delta v+v-v^p=u,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2,\\ u(0,x) =u_0(x)\ge 0,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \end{gather*} where $10,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \\ -\Delta v+v-v^p=u,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2,\\ u(0,x) =u_0(x)\ge 0, \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2. \end{gathered} \label{eqn;pKS} \end{equation} In the context of mathematical biology, Keller and Segel \cite{K-S} introduced a parabolic system, called the Keller-Segel system, as a mathematical model of chemotactic collapse (see also Herrero-Vel\'azquez \cite{H-V1}, \cite{H-V2}, Nagai \cite{Ng}, \cite{Ng3}, Biler \cite{Bl}, Nagai-Senba-Yoshida \cite{N-S-Y}, Nagai-Senba-Suzuki \cite{N-S-S} and Senba-Suzuki \cite{S-S}). When the diffusion of the chemical substance is much slower than that of chemotaxis ameba, then the dynamics of chemotaxis is described by the following simplified system: \begin{equation} \begin{gathered} \partial_tu - \Delta u+ \nabla\cdot (u \nabla v)=0,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \\ -\Delta v+v=u, \quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2,\\ u(0,x) =u_0(x)\ge 0,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2. \end{gathered} \label{eqn;KS-N} \end{equation} It is well known that the existence of the finite time blow up of the solution for (\ref{eqn;KS-N}) which corresponds to the concentration of ameba (Herrero-Vel\'azquez \cite{H-V1}, \cite{H-V2}, Nagai \cite{Ng}). Chen-Zhong \cite{C-Zn} introduced a perturbed system of (\ref{eqn;KS-N}): For $p>1$, \begin{equation} \begin{gathered} \partial_tu - \Delta u+ \nabla\cdot (u \nabla v)=0,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \\ -\Delta v+v+v^p=u,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2,\\ u(0,x) =u_0(x)\ge 0,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2. \end{gathered}\label{eqn;KS-p} \end{equation} This system is considered as a model of the chemotaxis with a nonlinear diffusion for the chemical substance. It has been proved that the solution of (\ref{eqn;KS-p}) has a similar behavior to the original system (\ref{eqn;KS-N}). In fact, one can show the local existence theory and finite time blow up with mass concentration phenomena as is shown for (\ref{eqn;KS-N}), see Chen-Zhong \cite{C-Zn} and Kurokiba-Suzuki \cite{K-S2}. Note that the nonlinear term $v^p$ in the second equation in \eqref{eqn;pKS} has a different sign compared to (\ref{eqn;KS-p}). According to this difference, the behavior of the solution for \eqref{eqn;pKS} is much different from the one for (\ref{eqn;KS-p}). Indeed, the nonhomogeneous elliptic problem corresponding to the second equation of \eqref{eqn;pKS}: \begin{equation} -\Delta v+v-v^p =f,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2 \label{eqn;p-NE} \end{equation} admits at least two positive solutions when $f$ is a sufficiently small nonnegative nontrivial function in $H^{-1}(\mathbb{R}^2)$, while \begin{equation*} -\Delta v+v+v^p =f,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2 \end{equation*} has only one solution. Moreover, it is also known that if the external force $f$ is large in $H^{-1}$ sense, then there is no positive solution for the equation (\ref{eqn;p-NE}). Hence it is an interesting question whether the finite time blow up of the solution may occur in the case \eqref{eqn;pKS}, or more primitively, whether the time local solution exists properly and the system is well posed in some sense or not. In this point, the structure of the time dependent positive solutions of \eqref{eqn;pKS} seems to be very much different from that of the original system (\ref{eqn;KS-N}) or the perturbed system (\ref{eqn;KS-p}). In this paper, we shall consider solutions of \eqref{eqn;pKS} in the following sense: \begin{align*} &u \in C([0,T);L^2(\mathbb{R}^2))\cap C^1((0,T);L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)) \cap C((0,T);\dot{H}^2(\mathbb{R}^2)), \\ & v \in C((0,T);H^1(\mathbb{R}^2))\cap C((0,T);W^{2,2}(\mathbb{R}^2)) \end{align*} for some $T >0$. Recently Kurokiba-Ogawa-Takahashi \cite{K-Og-T} proved that, for a small nonnegative initial data, there exists a solution for \eqref{eqn;pKS} which is, in a sense, ``small'' one. On the other hand, as is mentioned above, the perturbed nonlinear elliptic equation (\ref{eqn;p-NE}) admits at least two positive solutions for small and nonnegative $f \not\equiv 0$. Therefore it is natural to ask whether the time dependent equation \eqref{eqn;pKS} also has a second positive solution. The main issue of this paper is to show the existence of {\it two positive time dependent solutions of \eqref{eqn;pKS}} under the radially symmetric setting. \begin{theorem}[Multiple existence] \label{thm;second-sol} Let $10$ such that, if the radially symmetric nonnegative initial data $u_0\in L^1 \cap L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$ satisfies $$ \|u_0\|_2\le C_{**}, $$ then there exist two positive radial pair of solutions $(u_1(t),v_1(t))$ and $(u_2(t),v_2(t))$ for \eqref{eqn;pKS}. One of them is different from the solution obtained in \cite{K-Og-T}. \end{theorem} Note that the solution obtained in \cite{K-Og-T} exists globally in time if in addition $\| u_0 \|_1$ is sufficiently small. The main idea to construct the time dependent solutions heavily relies on the variational structure of the elliptic part of the system. The $v$-component of the solution obtained in \cite{K-Og-T} corresponds to the solution of (\ref{eqn;p-NE}) bifurcating from the trivial solution with $f=0$. On the other hand, it has been known that the problem (\ref{eqn;p-NE}) with $f=0$ has a unique positive solution $w$ (see Berestycki-Lions \cite{BeLi}, Gidas-Ni-Nirenberg \cite{GNN} and Kwong \cite{Kw01}). This solution is obtained as a mountain pass critical point of the energy functional \[ I_0(v)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}|\nabla v|^2dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}|v|^2dx -\frac{1}{p+1}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |v|^{p+1}dx. \] If the second variation of $I_0$ at $w$ is nondegenerate and if $f$ is small, then we may construct the solution $v$ of (\ref{eqn;p-NE}) bifurcating from the mountain pass solution $w$. This is not always possible, since the kernel of the Hessian of $I_0$ at $w$ is nontrivial. If we restrict the class of initial data, however, there is a possibility of constructing the second local-in-time solution of \eqref{eqn;pKS}. In this paper, we shall show that this is indeed possible under the radially symmetric setting. Also it should be noted that our problem is related to the unconditional uniqueness problem in the general nonlinear evolution equations. Let $X$ be a Banach space. If an initial value problem admits the unique solution in the class $C([0,T);X)$ with initial data in $X$, then we call the {\it unconditional uniqueness} holds for this problem. If the class of the solution is reasonably restricted, the unconditional uniqueness is expected to hold for the well-posed problem. For our problem \eqref{eqn;pKS}, however, there is no possibility to have the unconditional uniqueness by restricting the regularity. Namely, no matter how the class of the solution is restricted from the regularity point of view, at least two solutions for \eqref{eqn;pKS} do exist. Only the variational characterization of the second component $v$ distinguishes two solutions and the uniqueness class is not definable by means of function spaces. In this sense, the unconditional uniqueness never holds for \eqref{eqn;pKS}. This kind of phenomena may occur for a general nonlinear problem. In our particular setting, there exists at least two time dependent solutions and are uniquely continued in time each other under the variational restriction. We use the following notation. The Lebesgue space $L^p(\mathbb{R}^2)$ is denoted by $L^p$ with $1\le p\le \infty$ with the norm $\|\cdot \|_p$. For $k=1,2,\cdots$ and for $1\le p\le \infty$, let $W^{k,p}=W^{k,p}(\mathbb{R}^2)$ be the Sobolev space with the norm $\|f\|_p+\|\nabla f\|_p$. We frequently use $H^1=W^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^2)$, and $L^2_r$ and $H^1_r$ denote the radially symmetric subspaces of $L^2$ and $H^1$, respectively. $(H^1_r)^*$ denotes the dual space of $H^1_r$. For a Banach space $X$, $B_{\delta,X}$ stands for the open ball in $X$ with the radius $\delta>0$ and the center $0$. The constant $C$ may vary from line to line. \section{Variational Structure of the Lagrangian Functional} \label{sec03} The existence of multiple positive solutions for the semilinear elliptic equation \begin{equation} -\Delta v+v=v^p+f , \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^2 \label{eqn;Pf} \end{equation} is known for small nonnegative external forces $f \not\equiv 0$ in $H^{-1}$, see e.g. Zhu \cite{Zh} and Cao-Zhou \cite{C-Z}. According to their results, there exists a solution of (\ref{eqn;Pf}) for small $f$ (in the $H^{-1}$ sense) which is not a local minimizer of the functional $I_f$ defined by \begin{equation*} I_f(v)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |\nabla v|^2dx +\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |v|^2dx-\frac{1}{p+1}\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |v|^{p+1} -\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}f vdx,\quad v \in H^1(\mathbb{R}^2). \end{equation*} In this section, we give some analysis on the dependence of this non-minimal solution with respect to $f$, namely, we show some refined results compared to those of Zhu \cite{Zh} and Cao-Zhou \cite{C-Z} from a bifurcation theoretical point of view. As is mentioned in the introduction, the nonlinear elliptic problem (\ref{eqn;Pf}) with $f\equiv 0$, \begin{equation} -\Delta v+v=v^p, \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^2, \label{eqn;P0} \end{equation} has a radially symmetric positive unique solution $w$ \cite{BeLi,GNN,Kw01}. This solution is obtained as a critical point of the variational functional $I_0$ by the well known mountain pass lemma in $H^1$. Note that the Hessian operator of $I_0$ at $u\in H^1$ is realized by $L_u:=-\Delta+1-p|u|^{p-1}$, which is an operator from $H^1$ to $H^{-1}$. As for the kernel of the linearized operator $L_w$ at $w$, the following is well-known (see e.g. \cite{CdP01, D01, Fei01, NiTa01}). \begin{proposition}[Kernel of the linearized operator]\label{prop:main} For the radially symmetric positive unique solution $w$ to {\rm (\ref{eqn;P0})}, $\ker L_w$, the kernel of the operator $L_w = -\Delta+1-p|w|^{p-1}$, is spanned by $\partial_{x_1} w$ and $\partial_{x_2} w$. In particular, $\ker L_w \cap H^1_r = \{ 0 \}$. \end{proposition} According to Proposition \ref{prop:main}, we may construct a solution branch of the nonminimal solution of (\ref{eqn;Pf}) with the aid of the implicit function theorem if we restrict our problem to the class of radially symmetric functions. \begin{proposition}\label{prop:conti} There exists $\delta>0$ and $h\in C(B_{\delta,(H^1_r)^*};H^1_r)$ such that $h(f)$ is a critical point of $I_f$ which is not a local minimum for $f \in B_{\delta,(H^1_r)^*}$ with $h(0)=w$. Moreover, $h$ is a Lipschitz continuous mapping in $B_{\delta,(H^1_r)^*}$, namely, there exists $C>0$ such that \begin{equation} \|h(f_1)-h(f_2)\|_{H^1}0$ and $h$: $B_{\delta,(H_r^1)^*}\to H_r^1$ such that $g(f,h(f))=0$ in $(H_r^1)^*$ for any $f\in B_{\delta,(H_r^1)^*}$ and $h(0)=w$. The latter implies that $h(f)$ is a critical point which is not a local minimum of $I_f$. Moreover, by the symmetric criticality principle of Palais \cite{Pa}, $h(f)$ is a critical point of $I_f$ not only on $H_r^1$ but also on $H^1$. Therefore the first part of the proposition follows. Also by the implicit function theorem, we have $h\in C^1(B_{\delta,(H_r^1)^*};H_r^1)$, thus there exists a constant $C>0$ such that \[ \|(dh)_f\|_{L((H_r^1)^*;H_r^1)}0$ is sufficiently small. Then for $f_1$, $f_2\in B_{\delta,(H_r^1)^*}$, \begin{align*} \|h(f_1)-h(f_2)\|_{H^1} &\leq \Big\|\int_0^1dt\Big( \frac{d}{dt}h(tf_2+(1-t)f_1)\Big)\Big\|_{H^1} \\ &\leq \int_0^1dt\|(dh)_{tf_2+(1-t)f_1}\|_{L((H^1_r)^*;H^1_r)} \|f_2-f_1\|_{(H^1_r)^*} \\ &\leq C\|f_2-f_1\|_{(H_r^1)^*}, \end{align*} hence (\ref{eq:con04}) follows. The nonnegativity of $h(f)$ for $f\geq 0$ follows from the standard argument as in e.g. \cite{C-Z}. \end{proof} The following corollary follows immediately from Proposition \ref{prop:conti}. \begin{corollary}\label{cor:conti} There exists $\rho>0$ such that the conclusion of Proposition {\rm\ref{prop:conti}} holds when $B_{\delta;(H_r^1)^*}$ and $(H_r^1)^*$ are replaced by $B_{\rho,L^2_r}$ and $L_r^2$, respectively. \end{corollary} \section{Proof of Main Theorem} \label{sec04} In this section, we give the proof of Theorem \ref{thm;second-sol}. Let $10$ is chosen to be small later. For a nonnegative function $a\in L^2_r$, we define a map \begin{equation*}\label{eqn;sol-op} \Phi_a:X_{T,M} \ni f \mapsto u\in X_{T,M}, \end{equation*} where $u$ is the solution of the following system: \begin{equation} \begin{gathered} \partial_tu - \Delta u+ \nabla\cdot (u \nabla v)=0,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2, \\ -\Delta v+v=v^p+f,\quad t>0,\; x\in\mathbb{R}^2,\\ u(0,x) =a(x), \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2. \end{gathered} \label{eqn;DS3} \end{equation} Here we choose the solution $v(t)$ of the elliptic part of the above system as $h(f(t))$ where $h$ is a map constructed in Corollary \ref{cor:conti}. Note that $\Phi_a$ is well defined by virtue of Corollary \ref{cor:conti}, since $\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|f(\tau)\|_2\le |\!|\!| f|\!|\!| _X\leq M<\rho$. It is also easy to see that Corollary \ref{cor:conti} yields \begin{equation} \begin{split} \sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|h(f(\tau))\|_{H^1} \leq & \sup_{\tau\in[0,T)}\|h(f(\tau))-h(0)\|_{H^1}+\|h(0)\|_{H^1}\\ \leq & C\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|f(\tau)-0\|_2+\|w\|_{H^1} \\ \leq & CM+\|w\|_{H^1}=:\sigma, \end{split} \label{eq:hbd02} \end{equation} where $w$ is the unique, radially symmetric positive function satisfying $-\Delta w+w=w^p$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Hereafter for $f$ and $\bar{f}\in X_{T,M}$, we denote $h(f(\tau))$ and $h(\bar{f}(\tau))$ by $v(\tau)$ and $\bar{v}(\tau)$ (or simply $v$ and $\bar{v}$), respectively. Our first lemma is as follows. \begin{lemma}\label{lem:wb} For any $q \ge 2$, there exists a constant $C_q>0$ such that \begin{gather} \|v(\tau)\|_{W^{1,q}}0$ when $q\geq 2$. Thus the Sobolev embedding $H^1\hookrightarrow L^{2p}$ and (\ref{eq:hbd02}) yields \begin{equation*} \|v\|_{W^{1,q}}\leq A_q\|v^p+f\|_2\leq A_q(C\|v\|_{H^1}^{p}+\|f\|_2)\leq A_q(C \sigma^p+M)=:C_q, \end{equation*} hence (\ref{eq:wb02}). Since $v$ and $\bar{v}$ satisfy \begin{equation*} -\Delta (v-\bar{v})+(v-\bar{v})=v^p-\bar{v}^p+f-\bar{f}, \end{equation*} we have again from (\ref{eqpr:pre102}), \begin{equation} \|v-\bar{v}\|_{W^{1,q}} \leq A_q\big(\|v^p-\bar{v}^p\|_2+\|f-\bar{f}\|_2\big). \label{eqpr:wb02} \end{equation} Here we note that, by the Sobolev embedding $H^1\hookrightarrow L^{2p}$, (\ref{eq:hbd02}) and Corollary \ref{cor:conti}, \begin{equation*} \|v^p-\bar{v}^p\|_2^2 \leq C(\|v\|_{2p}^{2(p-1)}+\|\bar{v}\|_{2p}^{2(p-1)})\|v-\bar{v}\|_{2p}^2 \leq C\|v-\bar{v}\|_{H^1}^2\leq C\|f-\bar{f}\|_2^2 \end{equation*} holds for suitable $C>0$. Hence this fact together with (\ref{eqpr:wb02}) yields (\ref{eq:wb04}). \end{proof} \begin{lemma}\label{lem:bge} There exists $C>0$ such that \begin{eqnarray*} &&\|\nabla v(\tau)\|_\infty^2\leq C(1+\|\nabla f(\tau)\|_2) \end{eqnarray*} for $\tau\in [0,T)$. \end{lemma} \begin{proof} The second equation of (\ref{eqn;DS3}), the Sobolev embedding $H^1\hookrightarrow L^{2p}$ and (\ref{eq:hbd02}) lead \begin{equation*} \|\Delta v\|_2 \leq \|v\|_2+\|v^p\|_2+\|f\|_20$. Hence by using a version of the Brezis-Gallouet inequality \cite{B-G}: \begin{equation*} \|h\|_\infty^2\leq C\left( \|h\|_{H^1}^2(1+\|\Delta h\|_2^{1/2})+\|\Delta h\|_2\right) \end{equation*} for all $h\in H^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$, we have \begin{equation} \begin{split} \|\nabla v\|_\infty^2 &\leq C((\|\Delta v\|_2^2+\|\nabla v\|_2^2)(1+\|\nabla\Delta v\|_2^{1/2})+\|\nabla\Delta v\|_2)\\ &\leq C(1+\|\nabla\Delta v\|_2). \end{split} \label{eqpr:pre02} \end{equation} Note that by Lemma \ref{lem:wb}, the Sobolev embedding $H^1\hookrightarrow L^{2p}$ and (\ref{eq:hbd02}), \begin{equation} \|\nabla v^p\|_2^2 =p^2\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |v|^{2(p-1)}|\nabla v|^2\leq p^2\|v\|_{2p}^{2(p-1)}\|\nabla v\|_{2p}^2 0$, we have for the solution operator $\Phi_a$ defined by \eqref{eqn;sol-op}, \begin{align} \big(1-CT^{1/2}(T^{1/2}+M)\big)&|\!|\!| \Phi_a(f)|\!|\!| _{X}^2 \leq \|a\|_2^2, \label{eq:ien02} \\ \big(1-CT^{1/2}(T^{1/2}+M)\big)&|\!|\!| \Phi_a(f)-\Phi_{\overline{a}} (\bar{f})|\!|\!| _{X}^2 \notag\\ &\leq \|a-\overline{a}\|_2^2 +C|\!|\!| \Phi_a(f)|\!|\!| _{X}^2T^{1/2} |\!|\!| f-\bar{f}|\!|\!| _{X}^2 \label{eq:ien04} \end{align} for $f$, $\bar{f}\in X_{T,M}$. \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The existence of a smooth solution for the system (\ref{eqn;DS3}) with a smooth initial data follows from the standard theory of evolution equations. Under the assumption of the proposition, we denote solutions $\Phi_a(f(\tau))$ and $\Phi_{\overline{a}}(\bar{f}(\tau))$ of (\ref{eqn;DS3}) by $u(\tau)$ and $\bar{u}(\tau)$ (or simply $u$ and $\bar{u}$), respectively. We also denote $h(f(\tau))$ and $h(\bar{f}(\tau))$ by $v(\tau)$ and $\bar{v}(\tau)$ (or simply $v$ and $\bar{v}$), respectively. Now multiplying the first equation of (\ref{eqn;DS3}) by $u=u(\tau)$ and integrating by parts, we have \begin{equation} \frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{d\tau}\| u(\tau)\|_2^2 +\|\nabla u(\tau)\|_2^2 \le \frac12 \| u(\tau)\|_2^2 \|\nabla v(\tau) \|_{\infty}^2 + \frac12 \|\nabla u(\tau)\|_2^2. \label{eqn;engy1} \end{equation} Then, the integration of (\ref{eqn;engy1}) from $0$ to $t$ in $\tau$ leads \begin{align*} \| u(t)\|_2^2 + \int_0^t \|\nabla u(\tau)\|_2^2 d\tau \le & \|a\|_2^2 +\int_0^t \|u(\tau)\|_2^2\|\nabla v(\tau)\|_\infty^2d\tau\\ \le & \|a\|_2^2+ \sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|u(\tau)\|_2^2C \int_0^t (1+\|\nabla f(\tau)\|_2)d\tau\\ \le & \|a\|_2^2+\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|u(\tau)\|_2^2CT^{1/2}(T^{1/2}+M) \end{align*} for $t\in [0,T)$, here we have used Lemma \ref{lem:bge} and $\sqrt{\int_0^t\|\nabla f\|_2^2d\tau}\leq M$, thus (\ref{eq:ien02}). Next, we consider equations \begin{gather*} \partial_tu - \Delta u+ \nabla \cdot (u \nabla v) =0,\quad u(0)=a, \\ \partial_t\bar{u} - \Delta \bar{u}+ \nabla \cdot (\bar{u} \nabla\bar{v}) =0, \quad \bar{u}(0)=\bar{a}. \end{gather*} Multiplying $u-\bar{u}$ to the difference of these equations and integrating by parts, we see \begin{equation} \begin{split} \frac12\frac{d }{d\tau} &\| u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau) \|_2^2 +\|\nabla ( u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau) )\|_2^2 \\ = & \int_{\mathbb{R}^2} u\nabla (v - \bar{v} )\cdot \nabla (u-\bar{u} )dx + \int_{\mathbb{R}^2} (u -\bar{u})\nabla\bar{v} \cdot \nabla (u-\bar{u} )dx. \label{eqpr:m00} \end{split} \end{equation} Then \begin{equation} \begin{split} \left|\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} u\nabla (v-\bar{v})\nabla (u-\bar{u})dx\right| &\leq \|u\|_4\|\nabla (v-\overline{v})\|_4\|\nabla (u-\overline{u})\|_2 \\ &\leq \|u\|_4^2\|\nabla (v-\overline{v})\|_4^2 +\frac{1}{4}\|\nabla (u-\overline{u})\|_2^2\\ &\leq \|u\|_4^2C \sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|f(\tau)-\overline{f}(\tau)\|_2^2 +\frac{1}{4}\|\nabla (u-\overline{u})\|_2^2, \end{split} \label{eqpr:m02} \end{equation} where we have used Lemma \ref{lem:wb}. Also Lemma \ref{lem:bge} gives \begin{equation} \begin{split} &\left|\int_{\mathbb{R}^2} (u -\bar{u})\nabla\bar{v} \cdot \nabla (u-\bar{u})dx\right|\\ &\leq \|u-\bar{u}\|_2\|\nabla\bar{v}\|_\infty\|\nabla(u-\bar{u})\|_2 \\ &\leq \|u-\bar{u}\|_2^2\|\nabla\bar{v}\|_\infty^2 +\frac{1}{4}\|\nabla(u-\bar{u})\|_2^2\\ &\leq C(1+\|\nabla f\|_2)\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau)\|_2^2 +\frac{1}{4}\|\nabla (u-\bar{u})\|_2^2. \end{split} \label{eqpr:m04} \end{equation} Then plugging (\ref{eqpr:m02}) and (\ref{eqpr:m04}) into (\ref{eqpr:m00}) and integrating from $0$ to $t$ in $\tau$, we have \begin{equation} \begin{split} &\|u(t)-\bar{u}(t)\|_2^2+\int_0^t\|\nabla (u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau))\|_2^2d\tau \\ &\leq \|a-\bar{a}\|_2^2 +2C\int_0^T\|u(\tau)\|_4^2d\tau \sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|f(\tau)-\overline{f}(\tau)\|_2^2\\ &\quad +2C\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau)\|_2^2\int_0^T (1+\|\nabla f(\tau)\|_2)d\tau. \end{split} \label{eqpr:m06} \end{equation} Here, we recall the Ladyzhenskaya inequality (see e.g., \cite{FT}): \[ \Big(\int_0^T\|\varphi(\tau)\|_4^4d\tau\Big)^{1/2} \leq C \Big( \sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|\varphi(\tau)\|_2^2+\int_0^T\|\nabla \varphi(\tau)\|_2^2d\tau \Big) \] for $\varphi\in C([0,T);L^2)\cap L^2(0,T;\dot{H}^1)$. Then we obtain \begin{equation} \int_0^T\|u(\tau)\|_4^2d\tau\leq \Big(\int_0^T\|u(\tau)\|_4^4d\tau\Big)^{1/2} T^{1/2} \leq C |\!|\!| u|\!|\!| _X^2T^{1/2}. \label{eqpr:m08} \end{equation} Hence plugging (\ref{eqpr:m08}) into (\ref{eqpr:m06}) and noting $\int_0^T(1+\|\nabla f(\tau)\|_2)d\tau\leq T^{1/2}(T^{1/2}+M)$ again, we have \begin{equation*} \begin{split} \left(1-CT^{1/2}(T^{1/2}+M)\right) &\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau)\|_2^2 +\int_0^t\|\nabla (u(\tau)-\bar{u}(\tau))\|_2^2d\tau\\ &\leq \|a-\bar{a}\|_2^2+ C|\!|\!| u|\!|\!| _X^2T^{1/2}\sup_{\tau\in [0,T)}\|f(\tau)-\bar{f}(\tau)\|_2^2 \end{split} \label{eqpr:c08} \end{equation*} and (\ref{eq:ien04}) follows. \end{proof} Now we are in the position to give the proof of Theorem \ref{thm;second-sol}. \begin{proof} Take any $M<\rho$ where $\rho$ is the number which is obtained in Corollary \ref{cor:conti}. 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