The Green function for the Stokes system with measurable coefficients

Abstract

We study the Green function for the stationary Stokes system with bounded measurable coefficients in a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\ge 3$. We construct the Green function in $\Omega$ under the condition $(\bf{A1})$ that weak solutions of the system enjoy interior H\"older continuity. We also prove that $(\bf{A1})$ holds, for example, when the coefficients are $\mathrm{VMO}$. Moreover, we obtain the global pointwise estimate for the Green function under the additional assumption $(\bf{A2})$ that weak solutions of Dirichlet problems are locally bounded up to the boundary of the domain. By proving a priori $L^q$-estimates for Stokes systems with $\mathrm{BMO}$ coefficients on a Reifenberg domain, we verify that $(\bf{A2})$ is satisfied when the coefficients are $\mathrm{VMO}$ and $\Omega$ is a bounded $C^1$ domain.