Micropolar fluid system in a space of distributions and large time behavior

We analyze the well-posedness of the initial value problem for the generalized micropolar fluid system in a space of tempered distributions and also prove the existence of the stationary solutions. The asymptotic stability of solutions is showed in this space, and as a consequence, a criterium for vanishing small perturbations of initial data (stationary solution) at large time is obtained. A fast decay of the solutions is obtained when we assume more regularity on the initial data. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.