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In this paper we study the large time behavior of solutions to a generalization of the Boussinesq system of equations in n ≥ 2 spatial dimensions. We establish the existence and algebraic decay of the L 2-norm of the solution.
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Rajopadhye, S.V., Schonbek, M.E. & Wiegner, M. Asymptotic Decay for a Generalized Boussinesq System. Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations 11, 595–623 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022659311946
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