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Kolmogorov $4/5$ law for the forced 3D Navier-Stokes equations

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-28 v3

Abstract

We identify a sufficient condition under which solutions to the 3D forced Navier--Stokes equations satisfy an LpL^p-in-time version of the Kolmogorov 4/5 law for the behavior of the averaged third order longitudinal structure function along the vanishing viscosity limit. The result has a natural probabilistic interpretation: the predicted behavior is observed on average after waiting for some sufficiently generic random time. The sufficient condition is satisfied e.g. by the solutions constructed by Bru\`e, Colombo, Crippa, De~Lellis, and Sorella. In this particular case, our results can be applied to derive a bound for the exponent of the third order absolute structure function in accordance with the Kolmogorov turbulence theory.

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@article{arxiv.2304.14470,
  title  = {Kolmogorov $4/5$ law for the forced 3D Navier-Stokes equations},
  author = {Martina Hofmanová and Umberto Pappalettera and Rongchan Zhu and Xiangchan Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.14470},
  year   = {2025}
}