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We consider a model of electroconvection motivated by studies of the motion of a two-dimensional annular suspended smectic film under the influence of an electric potential maintained at the boundary by two electrodes. We prove that this electroconvection model has global in time unique smooth solutions.
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The work of PC was partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-1209394. The work of VV was partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-1514771 and by an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
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Constantin, P., Elgindi, T., Ignatova, M. et al. On Some Electroconvection Models. J Nonlinear Sci 27, 197–211 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-016-9329-2
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