We characterize the autonomous, divergence-free vector fields $b$ on the plane such that the Cauchy problem for the continuity equation $\partial_t u + div(bu) = 0$ admits a unique bounded solution (in the weak sense) for every bounded initial datum; the characterization is given in terms of a property of Sard type for the potential $f$ associated to $b$. As a corollary we obtain uniqueness under the assumption that the curl of $b$ is a measure. This result can be extended to certain non- autonomous vector fields $b$ with bounded divergence.

### A uniqueness result for the continuity equation in two dimensions

#### Abstract

We characterize the autonomous, divergence-free vector fields $b$ on the plane such that the Cauchy problem for the continuity equation $\partial_t u + div(bu) = 0$ admits a unique bounded solution (in the weak sense) for every bounded initial datum; the characterization is given in terms of a property of Sard type for the potential $f$ associated to $b$. As a corollary we obtain uniqueness under the assumption that the curl of $b$ is a measure. This result can be extended to certain non- autonomous vector fields $b$ with bounded divergence.
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2014
Alberti, Giovanni; Stefano, Bianchini; Gianluca, Crippa
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